Head Headstone at Approx 10m North of Church of Saint Corentin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Headstone.
Head Headstone at Approx 10m North of Church of Saint Corentin
- WRENN ID
- fallow-clay-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 677 213
- Coordinates
- 50.04643, -5.24514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located approximately 10 meters north of the Church of Saint Corentin, dates from 1831. It is a newly-headed dressed granite monolith with an incised slate insert facing west. The inscription commemorates Mary, the wife of Captain Head K.N. and niece to Samuel Grosse Esq. of Nanplough, who died in 1831 at the age of 39. It also honors Richard Head, the son of Captain Head, who died in 1829 at the age of 4, and Elizabeth Grosse Head, the only daughter of Captain Head, who died in 1833 at the age of 10.
Local climate
Head Headstone at Approx 10m North of Church of Saint Corentin 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.2°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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