Headstone of Mary and Samuel Cotton 9 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of the Holy Name is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1989. Headstone.
Headstone of Mary and Samuel Cotton 9 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of the Holy Name
- WRENN ID
- upper-postern-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 320 920
- Coordinates
- 50.70364, -4.38034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone from 1795, located 9 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of the Holy Name. It commemorates Mary Cotton, who died in 1795, and her husband Samuel Cotton, who died in 1811. The headstone is made of slate and features rectangular shape with inscriptions in both upper and lower case lettering, complete with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Mary and Samuel Cotton 9 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of the Holy Name sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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