Cornish Monument at Approximately 4 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Breaca is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Monument.
Cornish Monument at Approximately 4 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Breaca
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 618 284
- Coordinates
- 50.10849, -5.33204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century granite ashlar monument located approximately 4 meters north of the north transept of the Church of St Breaca in Breage. The monument features a pedimented front with a triangular pediment and an integral buttress with moulded set-offs behind it. There is a slate inset that is now loose, which bears an inscription facing west. The inscription commemorates Nicholas Cornish, who died in 1793 at the age of 80, and his wife Ann, who died in 1794 at the age of 72. This monument closely resembles the Carter monument also found in the churchyard.
Local climate
Cornish Monument at Approximately 4 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Breaca receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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 0.3°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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