Headstone of Mary and Mary Sweet 2 Metres to North of North Transept of Egloshayle Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. A C18 Headstone.
Headstone of Mary and Mary Sweet 2 Metres to North of North Transept of Egloshayle Church
- WRENN ID
- under-brick-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 000 719
- Coordinates
- 50.51287, -4.82104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located 2 metres north of the north transept of Egloshayle Church, dates from 1782. It commemorates Mary, the wife of William Street, who died in 1782, and Mary, the second wife of William Sweet, who died in 1785. The headstone is made of slate and has a rectangular shape. It features inscriptions on both sides: one side honors the first wife of William Sweet, while the other side honors the second wife. The inscriptions are presented in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Mary and Mary Sweet 2 Metres to North of North Transept of Egloshayle Church 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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