Two Headstones of Christian Higg and David Williams 1.5 Metres to West of South Aisle of Church of St Menefreda is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Headstone.
Two Headstones of Christian Higg and David Williams 1.5 Metres to West of South Aisle of Church of St Menefreda
- WRENN ID
- inner-belfry-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 964 770
- Coordinates
- 50.55793, -4.87504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones are located 1.5 metres to the west of the south aisle of the Church of St. Menefreda. They date from 1763 and 1783. One headstone commemorates Christian, the wife of Jonathan Higg, who died in 1763. It is a large slate rectangular headstone featuring inscriptions with verse and decorative heart motifs. The other headstone is for David, the son of David and Margaret Williams, who died in 1783. This slate rectangular headstone also includes inscriptions with verse and an angel's head. Both headstones display upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Two Headstones of Christian Higg and David Williams 1.5 Metres to West of South Aisle of Church of St Menefreda 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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