Skardon Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mary and St Julian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Monument.
Skardon Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mary and St Julian
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-sentry-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 446 519
- Coordinates
- 50.34721, -4.18536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Skardon monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 6 metres west of the tower of the Church of St. Mary and St. Julian. It dates from the 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge and a moulded plinth. It has recessed fluted pilasters at the corners and paired inscription panels on the north and south sides, along with a single inscription panel on the east and west sides. The earliest decipherable inscription commemorates John Skardon, who died in 1775, along with other family members.
Local climate
Skardon Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mary and St Julian 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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