Group of 2 Headstones and 2 Footstones at 1 Metre North of Church of Saint Towennac is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Grave markers.
Group of 2 Headstones and 2 Footstones at 1 Metre North of Church of Saint Towennac
- WRENN ID
- solemn-string-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Grave markers
- OS grid reference
- SW 486 380
- Coordinates
- 50.18936, -5.5221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of two headstones and two footstones located 1 metre north of the Church of Saint Towennac in Towednack. Dating from the 18th century, the graves commemorate individuals with the initials JJ and JG. Each grave features four small round-headed granite monoliths, with a headstone and a footstone at either end. The initials are incised on the inner face of each stone.
Local climate
Group of 2 Headstones and 2 Footstones at 1 Metre North of Church of Saint Towennac sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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