Group of 3 Monuments to the Colmer Family in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary and St Julian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Monument.
Group of 3 Monuments to the Colmer Family in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary and St Julian
- WRENN ID
- inner-frieze-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 446 519
- Coordinates
- 50.34714, -4.18532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three headstones in the churchyard, located about 9 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St. Mary and St. Julian. They date from the 18th century and are made of slate.
The first headstone features a nowy head and stepped, rounded shoulders, with well-crafted lettering and a quatrain dedicated to Thomas Colmer, who passed away in 1764. The second headstone has a rounded shouldered head and a lined border, commemorating Mary Colmer, who died in 1766. The third headstone also has a nowy head and rounded shoulders, adorned with an incised cherub's head with wings at the top, along with good lettering and a valedictory quatrain for Josias Eason Colmer, who died in 1792.
Local climate
Group of 3 Monuments to the Colmer Family in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary and St Julian sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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