Elsord and Dingley Monuments in the Churchyard About 12 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Melor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Monuments.
Elsord and Dingley Monuments in the Churchyard About 12 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Melor
- WRENN ID
- lone-obsidian-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SX 319 735
- Coordinates
- 50.53764, -4.37336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elsord and Dingley monuments are a pair of headstones located in the churchyard about 12 metres northwest of the tower of the Church of St Melor. They date from the mid-18th century and early 19th century. Both headstones are made of slate. The headstone for John Elsord, dated 1772, features a nowy head with a primitive carved figure in relief, holding two books, along with a couplet and good lettering. The headstone for Mary Dingley, dated 1818, has a shaped head with a primitive carved eye, pilasters, and carved stylised flowers.
Local climate
Elsord and Dingley Monuments in the Churchyard About 12 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Melor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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