Headstone of Elizabeth Peters 5 metres to east of Church of St Tallan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Monument.
Headstone of Elizabeth Peters 5 metres to east of Church of St Tallan
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Headstone of Elizabeth Peters 5 metres to east of Church of St Tallan, PL13 2JB
- OS grid reference
- SX 228 516
- Coordinates
- 50.33789, -4.4904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of Elizabeth Peters, located 5 metres east of the Church of St Tallan, dates from 1772. It commemorates Elizabeth, the wife of John Peters. The slate headstone features damaged rounded corners and is adorned with an incised angel's head that points at an hourglass. The inscription is in lower case lettering with serifs, and there is a verse below that reads:
'Greeve not for me my Husband Dear
I am not Dead but Sleeping Hear'
A heart is depicted below the verse.
Local climate
Headstone of Elizabeth Peters 5 metres to east of Church of St Tallan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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