2 Headstones of Barnabas Northcom Wife and Son and John Perry Mariner 6 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Ildierna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Headstone.
2 Headstones of Barnabas Northcom Wife and Son and John Perry Mariner 6 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Ildierna
- WRENN ID
- ruined-sill-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 172 515
- Coordinates
- 50.33576, -4.56923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones, dating from 1783 and 1779, are located 6 meters east of the south aisle of the Church of St Ildierna. One headstone commemorates Barnabas Northcom, who died in 1783, and his wife, who died in 1776. The second headstone is for John Perry, a mariner who was "unfortunately kill'd by a Cannon Ball, by a person unknown" in 1779. Both headstones are made of slate and feature rounded corners. They are incised with an angel's head beneath a round-headed arch, with a finger pointing to an hourglass on the left and a figure blowing arrows at a heart on the right. The headstone of Barnabas Northcom includes an inscribed panel divided into two, with the verse: "When you my Friend And Children all so Dear Remember tis a Pointed For all men once to die." The headstone of John Perry also features a verse that begins: "In prime of life most suddenly. Sad tidings to relay Here view my utter destiny ..."
Local climate
2 Headstones of Barnabas Northcom Wife and Son and John Perry Mariner 6 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Ildierna 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% 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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