Headstone of Edward Hocken 12 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St Tetha is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Headstone.
Headstone of Edward Hocken 12 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St Tetha
- WRENN ID
- hidden-postern-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 064 806
- Coordinates
- 50.59299, -4.73639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone from 1778, located 12 metres north of the west tower of the Church of St Tetha. It commemorates Edward Hocken and his son Anthony. The headstone is made of slate and has a rectangular shape, featuring inscriptions in both upper and lower case serif lettering. It is decorated with an angel's head.
Local climate
Headstone of Edward Hocken 12 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St Tetha sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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