Dingle Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Melor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Headstone.
Dingle Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Melor
- WRENN ID
- weathered-bastion-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 319 735
- Coordinates
- 50.53765, -4.37308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dingle Monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 5 metres north of the tower of the Church of St Melor in Linkinhorne. It dates from the 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a nowy head with rounded angled shoulders, and it is adorned with a carved relief of a trumpeting angel, accompanied by cherubs on both the right and left sides. The monument includes valedictory verses and commemorates Mary Dingle, who passed away in 1751.
Local climate
Dingle Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Melor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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