Headstone of Nancy and Thomas Mitchell 11 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Petroc is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Headstone.
Headstone of Nancy and Thomas Mitchell 11 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Petroc
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 915 754
- Coordinates
- 50.54119, -4.94339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1787, located 11 metres to the west of the west tower of the Church of St Petroc in Padstow. It commemorates Nancy, the daughter of Henry and Nancy Mitchell, who died in 1787, and Thomas, their son, who also died in 1787. The headstone is made of slate and features a shouldered round head. The inscriptions are done in upper and lower case lettering in script with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Nancy and Thomas Mitchell 11 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Petroc 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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