Headstone of Walter and Ann Beer 4 Metres to West of East Gate to Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Walter and Ann Beer 4 Metres to West of East Gate to Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- twisted-eave-ivory
- 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
- 50.55822, -4.79423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone commemorating Walter and Ann Beer, located 4 metres west of the east gate to the churchyard in St Kew. It dates from 1789 and marks the burial of Walter Beer, who died in that year, and his wife Ann, who passed away in 1790. The headstone is rectangular and made of slate, featuring an inscription in both upper and lower case letters with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of Walter and Ann Beer 4 Metres to West of East Gate to Churchyard 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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