Headstone of William Pirhicke 13 Metres to South of West Tower of Church of St Adwen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Headstone.
Headstone of William Pirhicke 13 Metres to South of West Tower of Church of St Adwen
- WRENN ID
- hidden-pewter-gold
- 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 104 815
- Coordinates
- 50.60323, -4.67989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone commemorating William Pirhicke, located 13 metres south of the west tower of the Church of St Adwen. It dates from 1798 and honors William, the son of Thomas and Ann Pirhicke, who passed away that year. The headstone is made of slate and features rectangular shape with inscriptions in both upper and lower case lettering, complete with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of William Pirhicke 13 Metres to South of West Tower of Church of St Adwen 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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