Headstone of Ann Barry and 2 Tomb Chests of Abel Rebouse and Samuel Higgs 4 Metres to South East of Porch to Church of St Menefreda is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Tomb, headstone.
Headstone of Ann Barry and 2 Tomb Chests of Abel Rebouse and Samuel Higgs 4 Metres to South East of Porch to Church of St Menefreda
- WRENN ID
- brooding-bailey-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb, headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 964 770
- Coordinates
- 50.55788, -4.87487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of Ann Barry and two tomb chests of Abel Rebouse and Samuel Higgs are located 4 meters southeast of the porch to the Church of St. Menefreda. The headstone, which commemorates Ann, the wife of John Barry who died in 1784, is a rectangular slate structure. The adjoining tomb chest belongs to Abel Rebouse, who died in 1780, and is a rectangular brick chest topped with a slate lid. To the west is the tomb chest of Samuel Higgs, who died in 1768, made of stone rubble and also featuring a slate lid. All three memorials are inscribed with upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Ann Barry and 2 Tomb Chests of Abel Rebouse and Samuel Higgs 4 Metres to South East of Porch to Church of St Menefreda sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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