Headstone of Richard Hawke 6 Metres to East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Paternus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1989. Headstone.

Headstone of Richard Hawke 6 Metres to East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Paternus

WRENN ID
cold-pillar-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1989
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SX 282 896
Coordinates
50.68075, -4.43297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone dating from 1756, located 6 metres east of the southeast corner of the chancel of the Church of St Paternus in North Petherwin. It commemorates Richard Hawke of Bodgate, who died in 1756. The headstone is made of slate and features a nowy-shaped head decorated with an angel's head. It includes upper and lower case lettering with serifs. The headstone has been re-erected.

Local climate

Headstone of Richard Hawke 6 Metres to East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Paternus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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