Littletown Monument in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the North Transept 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 C18 Monument.
Littletown Monument in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the North Transept of Church of St Brevita
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Littletown Monument in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the North Transept of Church of St Brevita, Lanlivery
- OS grid reference
- SX 079 590
- Coordinates
- 50.39991, -4.70302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Littletown monument is a headstone located in the churchyard against the east wall of the north transept of the Church of St Brevita in Lanlivery. It dates from the 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a square top and an incised shouldered head for the inscription panel. At the top left and right, there are hearts pierced by arrows, along with a valedictory quatrain dedicated to Elizabeth Littleton, who passed away in 1768.
Local climate
Littletown Monument in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the North Transept 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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