Pair Of Chest Tombs To Beauchamp Family At About 44 Metres And 47 Metres North Of West End Of Church Of Saint Wenappa

The pair of chest tombs for the Beauchamp family, dating from the late 18th century, are located approximately 44 metres and 47 metres north of the west end of the Church of Saint Wenappa in Gwenapp. These tombs are made of white limestone with black freestone lids. Each chest is rectangular in shape and sits centrally on a rectangular paved base that was formerly surrounded by a railing over an outer plinth.

Both tombs feature a plinth and bulbous square-on-plan nook corner balusters, which have leaf carvings at the waist level and on the capitals. The Beauchamp coat of arms is displayed within a pellet-moulded vertical oval on the ends and panelled sides of the tombs. The plain lids have incised lettering.

The northern tomb commemorates Robert Beauchamp, who died in 18--, and his wife, who died in 1817 at the age of 20, as well as Joseph Beauchamp, who died in 18-- at the age of 60. The southern tomb is dedicated to Elizabeth Beauchamp, who died in 1807 at the age of 78; Joseph Crammer Beauchamp, who died in 18--; Catherine, his wife, who died in 1791 at the age of 10 months (likely a mistake by the mason); and their daughter Elizabeth Martha Beauchamp, who died in 17-- at the age of 5 years.