Monument to the Bower Family in the Churchyard About 3 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Monument.
Monument to the Bower Family in the Churchyard About 3 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- sharp-pavement-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 104 598
- Coordinates
- 50.40747, -4.66895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Bower family is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 3 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St Bartholomew. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge resting on a moulded plinth. It has fluted corner pilasters topped with egg and dart mouldings. There are paired inscription panels on the north and south sides, and a shield displaying the Bower coat of arms on the east side.
Local climate
Monument to the Bower Family in the Churchyard About 3 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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