Group of 5 Monuments, 2 to Lemon, 2 to Nicolls and One to Coungdon, in the Churchyard, Against South Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Melor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Monuments.
Group of 5 Monuments, 2 to Lemon, 2 to Nicolls and One to Coungdon, in the Churchyard, Against South Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Melor
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- Group of 5 Monuments, 2 to Lemon, 2 to Nicolls and One to Coungdon, in the Churchyard, Against South Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Melor, Linkinhorne
- OS grid reference
- SX 319 735
- Coordinates
- 50.53758, -4.37268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five monuments located in the churchyard against the south wall of the south aisle of the Church of St Melor in Linkinhorne. The monuments date from the 18th century and early 19th century and are made of slate.
Among them are two headstones with steep triangular tops, created by Deacon of Milton Abbot, commemorating Philippa Lemon, who died in 1801, and William Lemon, who died in 1807. There is also a slate headstone with a segmental head for Mary Nicolls, who passed away in 1788. Another headstone features a shouldered nowy head, adorned with a skull and figures of Death the Reaper, dedicated to Katherine Nicolls, who died in 1742. The final headstone, with a nowy head, is for John Coungdon, who died in 1777.
Local climate
Group of 5 Monuments, 2 to Lemon, 2 to Nicolls and One to Coungdon, in the Churchyard, Against South Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Melor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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