2 Headstones of Elizabeth Vivian and Mary Vivian 18 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of St Petroc is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. A C18 Headstone.
2 Headstones of Elizabeth Vivian and Mary Vivian 18 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of St Petroc
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-portal-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 915 753
- Coordinates
- 50.54095, -4.94335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two headstones located 18 metres to the southwest of the west tower of the Church of St Petroc in Padstow. One headstone commemorates Elizabeth Vivian, the daughter of John Vivian, a mariner from Padstow, and his wife Mary, who died in 1782. The other headstone is for Mary Vivian, the daughter of John and Mary Vivian, who died in 1780. Both headstones are made of slate and are rectangular in shape, featuring inscriptions in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
2 Headstones of Elizabeth Vivian and Mary Vivian 18 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of St Petroc 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 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow 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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