Headstone of Phillip Higgs 0.25 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Phillip Higgs 0.25 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- winding-rafter-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 021 768
- Coordinates
- 50.5581, -4.7945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1766, located 0.25 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St. James in St Kew. It commemorates Phillip, the son of William and Mary Higgs, who passed away in that year. The headstone is made of slate and features a nowy-head with stepped shoulders. The inscription is presented in upper and lower case lettering with serifs, and includes incised decorations of a crude angel's head, a skull and crossed bones, and a heart.
Local climate
Headstone of Phillip Higgs 0.25 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St James 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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