Hancock and Christian Headstone at Approximately 1 Metre South of Transept of Church of Saint Piran and Saint Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Headstone.
Hancock and Christian Headstone at Approximately 1 Metre South of Transept of Church of Saint Piran and Saint Michael
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 537 295
- Coordinates
- 50.11477, -5.4458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hancock and Christian headstone, located approximately 1 metre south of the transept of the Church of Saint Piran and Saint Michael in Perranuthnoe, is an early 19th-century slate monolith featuring a shaped head. The headstone has incised inscriptions on both faces. The west face commemorates Mary Hancock, who died on 12 August 1819 at the age of 16, while the east face is dedicated to William Christian, who died in 1815 at the age of 24.
Local climate
Hancock and Christian Headstone at Approximately 1 Metre South of Transept of Church of Saint Piran and Saint Michael receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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