Headstone of John Brown 65 Metres to East of Church of St Materiana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Monument.
Headstone of John Brown 65 Metres to East of Church of St Materiana
- WRENN ID
- slow-pilaster-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 051 884
- Coordinates
- 50.66295, -4.75815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 65 metres east of the Church of St Materiana in Tintagel. It was erected in 1816 in memory of John Brown, who died in 1816, and Bridget Brown, who died in 1801. The headstone is made of slate and features a triangular head with slightly tapered sides. The inscriptions are in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of John Brown 65 Metres to East of Church of St Materiana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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 0.3°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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- The Vicarage
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