Lobb Monument in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Sampson is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Monument.
Lobb Monument in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Sampson
- WRENN ID
- leaning-porch-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 120 551
- Coordinates
- 50.36613, -4.64418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lobb monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 4 metres south-west of the south porch of the Church of St Sampson in Golant. It dates from the 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a stepped nowy head with an incised border and a primitive cherub's head with wings at the top centre. It commemorates John Lobb, who passed away in 1754.
Local climate
Lobb Monument in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Sampson sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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