Headstone of Bessie Skinner 16 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Endelienta is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Bessie Skinner 16 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Endelienta
- WRENN ID
- high-spire-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 996 786
- Coordinates
- 50.57324, -4.83055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone commemorating Bessie Skinner, located 16 meters to the west of the tower of the Church of St Endelienta. It dates from 1878 and honors Bessie, the daughter of John and Harriet Skinner of Port Isaac, as well as Amelia Skinner. The headstone is made of slate and features a pointed top with a trefoil cusped panel. It is decorated with intricate Gothic carvings. The inscription includes the verse: "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth but The word of our God shall stand for ever."
Local climate
Headstone of Bessie Skinner 16 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Endelienta 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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