Pair of Westlake Monuments Against the West Wall of the Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Headstone.
Pair of Westlake Monuments Against the West Wall of the Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- distant-corbel-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 104 597
- Coordinates
- 50.40725, -4.66933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of 18th-century headstones made of slate, located against the west wall of the churchyard, approximately 15 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Bartholomew in Lostwithiel. Both headstones feature a nowy head design and are inscribed with clear lettering and valedictory verses. One commemorates Bernard Westlake, who died at the age of 5 in 1763, and the other honors Elizabeth Westlake, who died at the age of 8 in 1764.
Local climate
Pair of Westlake Monuments Against the West Wall of the Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Bartholomew 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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