Stone Known As the Devil's Toenail is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1987. Stone.
Stone Known As the Devil's Toenail
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-flue-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1987
- Type
- Stone
- Address
- Stone Known As the Devil's Toenail, Station Road, Marston Moreteyne
- OS grid reference
- SP 999 408
- Coordinates
- 52.05718, -0.54436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone known as the Devil's Toenail is a shaped limestone stone, likely the remains of a medieval cross. It features a stump of an octagonal column, which stands approximately half a metre high and has a diameter of 30 cm. The stone has been reset in 20th-century concrete. It is included in the register for its historic interest.
Local climate
Stone Known As the Devil's Toenail sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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