Richards Headstone at Approximately 26 Metres South of Porch of Church of Saint Sithney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Headstone.
Richards Headstone at Approximately 26 Metres South of Porch of Church of Saint Sithney
- WRENN ID
- plain-rotunda-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 636 289
- Coordinates
- 50.11362, -5.30737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richards headstone, located approximately 26 metres south of the porch of the Church of Saint Sithney, dates from the late 18th century. It commemorates John Richards of Lannarth, who died in 1779 at the age of 78, and his wife Eleanor, who also died in 1779 at the age of 78. The headstone is an incised slate monolith featuring a canted head and trailing plant decoration that flanks the inscription.
Local climate
Richards Headstone at Approximately 26 Metres South of Porch of Church of Saint Sithney receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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