Verco Monument in the Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Vestry Church of St Germanus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Headstone.
Verco Monument in the Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Vestry Church of St Germanus
- WRENN ID
- third-gutter-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 426 491
- Coordinates
- 50.32141, -4.21203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Verco monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 13 metres north of the north vestry of the Church of St. Germanus. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a scroll-shaped top and is inscribed with verses and details commemorating Elizabeth Verco, who passed away in 1787, along with other family members.
Local climate
Verco Monument in the Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Vestry Church of St Germanus 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 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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