James Headstone at Approximately 15 Metres South of West End of Church of Saint Sithney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Headstone.

James Headstone at Approximately 15 Metres South of West End of Church of Saint Sithney

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SW 636 289
Coordinates
50.1137, -5.30749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone located approximately 15 metres south of the west end of the Church of Saint Sithney. It dates from the early 19th century and commemorates Elizabeth James, who died in 1826 at the age of 20. The headstone is made of dressed granite and features a monolithic slab with a canted head. There is also a similarly shaped incised slate monolithic slab inset on the west front.

Local climate

James Headstone at Approximately 15 Metres South of West End of Church of Saint Sithney receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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