Headstone of Catherine Higgs 6 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Catherine Higgs 6 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- ancient-buttress-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 021 768
- Coordinates
- 50.55803, -4.79482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Catherine Higgs, located 6 meters southwest of the west tower of the Church of St. James. It dates from 1810 and commemorates Catherine, the daughter of John and Catherine Higgs, who passed away in that year. The headstone is made of slate and features a well-engraved inscription within an incised aedicular surround.
Local climate
Headstone of Catherine Higgs 6 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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