Midlen Chest Tomb About 5 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Tomb.

Midlen Chest Tomb About 5 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Constantine

WRENN ID
stubborn-storey-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SW 731 290
Coordinates
50.11813, -5.17529
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Midlen chest tomb, located about 5 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Constantine, dates from around 1807. It is constructed from large granite slabs and features a cavetto moulded plinth and lid. The top of the lid has an inset slate plate that is inscribed in upper and lower case with serifs and italics. The inscription commemorates John and Mary Midlen, both of whom died in 1807, along with their children Thomas and Catherine, who died in 1823 and 1841 respectively.

Local climate

Midlen Chest Tomb About 5 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Constantine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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