Headstone of Thomas Rickard and Tombchest of Elizabeth Rickard 4.5 Metres to South of West End of Nave of Church of St Petroc is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombstone.
Headstone of Thomas Rickard and Tombchest of Elizabeth Rickard 4.5 Metres to South of West End of Nave of Church of St Petroc
- WRENN ID
- turning-tallow-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 081 900
- Coordinates
- 50.67816, -4.71753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of Thomas Rickard and the tombchest of Elizabeth Rickard are located 4.5 metres south of the west end of the nave of the Church of St Petroc. The headstone, dated 1724, commemorates Thomas Rickard, a yeoman from Trehane, and is made of slate with a rectangular shape featuring an incised panel and a nowy head, decorated with an angel's head. The tombchest, in memory of Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Rickard, who died in 1746, is constructed from slatestone rubble and has a rectangular slate lid. It is inscribed in large lettering, both upper and lower case, with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Thomas Rickard and Tombchest of Elizabeth Rickard 4.5 Metres to South of West End of Nave of Church of St Petroc 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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