Pearce Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Goran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. Tomb.
Pearce Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Goran
- WRENN ID
- fossil-kitchen-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 999 422
- Coordinates
- 50.24656, -4.80753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pearce monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 15 metres southwest of the tower of the Church of St Goran. It dates from the 19th century and is constructed from brick and slate. The tomb has a rectangular brick structure topped with a flat slate lid that features a moulded edge. It commemorates George Pearce, who passed away in 1857.
Local climate
Pearce Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Goran receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- 4 Pearce Tomb 6 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Andrew
- 5 Pair of Pearce Monuments,About 4m North-North-West of North-West Corner of Nave in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
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