Group of 3 Headstones, Hunken, Ransom and Hodge South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Headstones.
Group of 3 Headstones, Hunken, Ransom and Hodge South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary
- WRENN ID
- carved-sill-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Group of 3 Headstones, Hunken, Ransom and Hodge South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary, St. Hilary
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 312
- Coordinates
- 50.13089, -5.4291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three headstones, dating from the 18th century, is located south of the porch of the Church of Saint Hilary. The headstones are square-headed monoliths made of slate, featuring incised inscriptions on their east sides. The left-hand stone is dedicated to John Hunken, who died in 1786. The middle stone commemorates John Ransom, who died in 1745, and his wife Mary, who died in 1767. The right-hand stone is for John Hodge, who died in 1737.
Local climate
Group of 3 Headstones, Hunken, Ransom and Hodge South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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