Richard Oliver Headstone About 12 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Paternus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1991. Headstone.
Richard Oliver Headstone About 12 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Paternus
- WRENN ID
- deep-corridor-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1991
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 309 818
- Coordinates
- 50.61216, -4.39099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Richard Oliver, located about 12 metres south-west of the south porch of the Church of St Paternus in South Petherwin. The headstone dates from 1783 and is made of slate, featuring a shouldered round arch at the top. The front of the headstone is carved with an inscription in both upper and lower case letters, including ornate initial letters and a verse. The base of the headstone is signed by G Hender. Richard Oliver was the husband of Susanna Oliver.
Local climate
Richard Oliver Headstone About 12 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Paternus 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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