Wreford Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Headstone.
Wreford Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- scattered-obsidian-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 769 000
- Coordinates
- 50.78657, -3.74642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wreford headstone, located approximately 2 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Andrew, dates from around 1774 and commemorates Jane and George Wreford. This upright slab stands about 0.9 metres high and features a roughly-squared head. The inscription is in bold upper and lower case letters, detailing the deaths of George Wreford in 1774 and his wife Jane in 1773.
Local climate
Wreford Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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