May Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres West of Nave of Church of St Mawgan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Monument.
May Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres West of Nave of Church of St Mawgan
- WRENN ID
- silver-sill-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 872 659
- Coordinates
- 50.45475, -4.99911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The May monument, located in the churchyard about 8 meters west of the nave of the Church of St Mawgan, is an 18th-century headstone made of slate. It features a square head with a carved cherub with wings on the top right and left sides. The monument includes scrolled lettering and valedictory verses dedicated to Jane May, who passed away in 1799.
Local climate
May Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres West of Nave of Church of St Mawgan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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