Headstone of Richard Prout 7 Metres to West of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Headstone.
Headstone of Richard Prout 7 Metres to West of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-ember-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 251 835
- Coordinates
- 50.62553, -4.47298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone from 1783, located 7 metres to the west of the Church of St Michael. It commemorates Richard, the son of John and Anstis Prout, who died in the same year. The headstone is made of slate and features a segmental arched top. It is inscribed with both upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs, and it is signed by the sculptor, Hender.
Local climate
Headstone of Richard Prout 7 Metres to West of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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