Bickford Monument in the Churchyard About One Metre South of Tower of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Monument.
Bickford Monument in the Churchyard About One Metre South of Tower of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- low-pedestal-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 407 536
- Coordinates
- 50.36151, -4.2399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bickford Monument is a headstone located in the churchyard, approximately one metre south of the tower of the Church of St. John. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone. The monument features a scrolled nose head with a draped flaming urn at the top. It commemorates William Bickford, who passed away in 1822.
Local climate
Bickford Monument in the Churchyard About One Metre South of Tower of Church of St John 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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