Headstone of Philadelphia Sleep 87 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Philadelphia Sleep 87 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 051 883
- Coordinates
- 50.66253, -4.75812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone commemorating Philadelphia Sleep, located 87 metres southeast of the Church of St Materiana in Tintagel. It dates from 1793 and is in memory of Philadelphia, the wife of Walter Sleep of Northill. The headstone is made of slate and features a rectangular shape with inscriptions in upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs. The inscription reads: "Here lies a careful Loving Wife A Tender Nursing Mother A Neighbour free from brawls and strife A Pattern for some others."
Local climate
Headstone of Philadelphia Sleep 87 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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 0.3°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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