Headstone of Avice and William Langford 45 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Avice and William Langford 45 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana
- WRENN ID
- twisted-entrance-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 050 884
- Coordinates
- 50.6627, -4.75934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 45 metres southeast of the Church of St Materiana in Tintagel, dating from 1771. It commemorates Avice Langford, who died in 1771, and her husband William, who died in 1777. The headstone is made of slate and has a rectangular shape. It features inscriptions in both upper and lower case lettering with serifs, as well as depictions of male and female angel's heads.
Local climate
Headstone of Avice and William Langford 45 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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 0.3°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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