May Headstone Approximately 25m South of West End of Nave of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Headstone.

May Headstone Approximately 25m South of West End of Nave of Church of St Bartholomew

WRENN ID
broken-hall-tide
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 727 006
Coordinates
50.79126, -3.80709
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

May Headstone is located approximately 25 meters south of the west end of the nave of the Church of St Bartholomew. This headstone, dated 1743, commemorates Margaret May. It is made of slate and features a round-headed upright slab that stands about 1.3 meters high. The headstone has a scrollwork border around its edge and an inscribed cherub at the top. The inscription, which uses both upper and lower case letters, notes the burial of Margaret May, the daughter of Edward and Catherine May.

Local climate

May Headstone Approximately 25m South of West End of Nave of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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