Richards Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Mewan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1988. Headstone.
Richards Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Mewan
- WRENN ID
- open-cupola-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SW 998 518
- Coordinates
- 50.33236, -4.81396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Richards Monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 10 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Mewan. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a stepped nowy head and displays good lettering along with unusual verses: "The language of his mind was Oh that my words were now written oh That they were printed in a book...." It commemorates Samuel Richards, who passed away in 1811.
Local climate
Richards Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Mewan receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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