Landry Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South West of Tower 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. Monument.
Landry Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Melor
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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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 319 735
- Coordinates
- 50.53741, -4.3731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Landry monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 7 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St Melor in Linkinhorne. This 18th-century monument is made of slate and features a shouldered nowy head with a carved primitive skull and flowers. It includes a valedictory couplet dedicated to John Landry, who died in 1740.
Local climate
Landry Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South West of Tower 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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