Headstone of John Bowden 1 Metre to North of North Aisle of Church of St Mabena is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. A 18th Century Headstone.
Headstone of John Bowden 1 Metre to North of North Aisle of Church of St Mabena
- WRENN ID
- endless-bastion-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- Period
- 18th Century
- OS grid reference
- SX 041 732
- Coordinates
- 50.52583, -4.76403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of John Bowden, located 1 metre to the north of the north aisle of the Church of St Mabena, dates from 1798. It commemorates John Bowden, a gentleman who passed away in that year. The headstone is made of slate and features rectangular shape with both upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of John Bowden 1 Metre to North of North Aisle of Church of St Mabena 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 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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