Headstones of Henry and Mary Hack and Charles Hicks 8 Metres to South of Vestry of Church of St Nonna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. A Eighteenth Century Headstone.
Headstones of Henry and Mary Hack and Charles Hicks 8 Metres to South of Vestry of Church of St Nonna
- WRENN ID
- dusk-mantel-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Period
- Eighteenth Century
- OS grid reference
- SX 203 550
- Coordinates
- 50.36773, -4.5278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two headstones located 8 meters to the south of the vestry of the Church of St Nonna in Pelynt. The first headstone, dated 1763, commemorates Charles Hicks. It is made of slate and features a triangular head decorated with an angel's head with wings. The inscription is in lower case lettering with serifs and includes a verse that reads, "My Wife and Children dear now cease your tears for me If I am gone I am not lost Where Christ and Angels be."
The second headstone, dated 1784, is directly to the west and honors Henry and Mary, who were the son and daughter of Joan Hack. This rectangular slate headstone is adorned with two angel heads in roundels. Its inscription, also in lower case lettering with serifs, includes the verse, "Weep not, nor Lament no more in vain If you have Lost, we have Gain We hope to dwell with Christ above Where joys abound no tongues can tell."
Local climate
Headstones of Henry and Mary Hack and Charles Hicks 8 Metres to South of Vestry of Church of St Nonna 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% 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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