Headstone of Dorothy Downing, 8 Metres to South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. A C18 Headstone.
Headstone of Dorothy Downing, 8 Metres to South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- carved-casement-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 021 768
- Coordinates
- 50.55799, -4.79461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of Dorothy Downing is located 8 meters south of the west end of the south aisle of the Church of St. James. This Grade II listed headstone dates from 1730 and commemorates Dorothy Downing, who passed away that year. It is made of slate and features a nowy-headed incised panel, an inscription, a crude angel's head, a sundial, and a heart.
Local climate
Headstone of Dorothy Downing, 8 Metres to South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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