Group of 5 Monuments to the Wills Family in the Churchyard About One Metre West of Tower of Church of St Goran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. Monuments. 2 related planning applications.
Group of 5 Monuments to the Wills Family in the Churchyard About One Metre West of Tower of Church of St Goran
- WRENN ID
- night-steeple-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- Group of 5 Monuments to the Wills Family in the Churchyard About One Metre West of Tower of Church of St Goran, PL26 6HN
- OS grid reference
- SW 999 422
- Coordinates
- 50.24669, -4.80755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five headstones located in the churchyard about one metre west of the tower of the Church of St Goran. The monuments date from the 18th century and early 19th century and are made of slate.
The headstone for Honor Wills is dated 1821 and features a shouldered round head. Another headstone for Honor Wills, dated 1818, also has a shouldered round head. The headstone for Edmund Wills, dated 1789, has a scalloped top. The headstone for Bridget Wills, dated 1778, features an incised rounded head. Lastly, the headstone for John Wills is dated 1763 and also has an incised rounded head.
Local climate
Group of 5 Monuments to the Wills Family in the Churchyard About One Metre West of Tower of Church of St Goran receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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