Kendal Monument in the Churchyard About 1 Metre South of Tower of Church of St Brevita is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. A Late C17/early C18 Monument.

Kendal Monument in the Churchyard About 1 Metre South of Tower of Church of St Brevita

WRENN ID
keen-basalt-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SX 079 590
Coordinates
50.39983, -4.70337
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kendal monument is a chest tomb located about 1 metre south of the tower of the Church of St Brevita in Lanlivery. It dates from the late 17th century to the early 18th century and is made of granite with a slatestone lid. The flat lid features a chamfered edge, while the chest has a moulded top and a moulded plinth. On the top of the tomb, there is a Kendal coat of arms set in a diamond within an oval sunken panel.

Local climate

Kendal Monument in the Churchyard About 1 Metre South of Tower of Church of St Brevita sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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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