Headstone of Ann and William Horswell 20 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Petroc is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Headstone.
Headstone of Ann and William Horswell 20 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Petroc
- WRENN ID
- vast-floor-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 915 753
- Coordinates
- 50.54109, -4.94351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located 20 metres to the west of the tower of the Church of St Petroc in Padstow, commemorates Ann and William Horswell. It dates from 1793 and is dedicated to Ann, the wife of William Horswell, who passed away in that year. The headstone also honors William Horswell, who died in 1803. It is made of slate and features a rectangular shape with inscriptions in upper and lower case lettering, complete with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Ann and William Horswell 20 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Petroc 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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