Tombchest of J Lawers and Headstone of J Stephens, 7 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St Nonna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Tomb chest, headstone.
Tombchest of J Lawers and Headstone of J Stephens, 7 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St Nonna
- WRENN ID
- fading-arch-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1988
- Type
- Tomb chest, headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 222 813
- Coordinates
- 50.60475, -4.51294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest and headstone are located 7 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St Nonna in Altarnun. The tombchest commemorates John Lawers, who died in 1745, and his son John, who died in 1754. It is made of stone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. The inscriptions are done in serif, italics, and script, with a marginal inscription. The central panel is decorated with an incised image of an angel blowing a trumpet, along with a verse below. This piece is signed by Christopher Clist.
Approximately 4 metres to the west is the headstone of Jane, the wife of John Stephens, dated 1786. This rectangular slate headstone is inscribed with upper and lower case lettering, also featuring serifs, along with a verse.
Local climate
Tombchest of J Lawers and Headstone of J Stephens, 7 Metres to North of North Aisle 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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