Headstone of Mary Pulkinhorn 30 Metres to North of Nave of Church of St Breock is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Headstone.
Headstone of Mary Pulkinhorn 30 Metres to North of Nave of Church of St Breock
- WRENN ID
- wild-arch-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 977 717
- Coordinates
- 50.51056, -4.85423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 30 metres north of the nave of the Church of St Breock, dating from 1740. It commemorates Mary, the wife of Aaron Pulkinhorn, who passed away in that year. The headstone is made of slate and features a segmental arched top with curved corners. It is inscribed with both upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs and a verse.
Local climate
Headstone of Mary Pulkinhorn 30 Metres to North of Nave of Church of St Breock 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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