2 Headstones of George Wairen Iace and Thomas Reed 2m to South of South Transept of Church of St Wenna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Headstone.
2 Headstones of George Wairen Iace and Thomas Reed 2m to South of South Transept of Church of St Wenna
- WRENN ID
- lost-lancet-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- 2 Headstones of George Wairen Iace and Thomas Reed 2m to South of South Transept of Church of St Wenna, Morval
- OS grid reference
- SX 260 567
- Coordinates
- 50.38444, -4.44845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two headstones located 2 meters to the south of the south transept of the Church of St Wenna. One headstone commemorates George Wairen Iace of Trenean, who died in 1776, and his wife Joan, who died in 1787. The other headstone is for Thomas Reed of Widlake, who died in 1754, and his wife Mary, who died in 1743. Both headstones date from 1777 and 1754 respectively. They are made of slate and feature shaped heads with curved shoulders, displaying upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
2 Headstones of George Wairen Iace and Thomas Reed 2m to South of South Transept of Church of St Wenna sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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