Morshead Monument in the Churchyard Attached to East Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Anietus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Monument.
Morshead Monument in the Churchyard Attached to East Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Anietus
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 186 678
- Coordinates
- 50.48229, -4.55802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morshead Monument is located in the churchyard, attached to the east wall of the south aisle of the Church of St Anietus. This structure consists of paired chest tombs from the early 19th century, made of granite. The tombs are formed from a single moulded plinth and feature a lid with a moulded edge. The inscription on the lid is in uppercase sans-serif lettering, commemorating William and Olympia Morshead, with the earliest decipherable date being 1811, which is for Olympia Morshead.
Local climate
Morshead Monument in the Churchyard Attached to East Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Anietus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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