Headstone About 7 Metres North West of the Tower of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Monument.
Headstone About 7 Metres North West of the Tower of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- blind-tower-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 922 188
- Coordinates
- 50.95885, -3.53579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located about 7 metres north west of the tower of the Church of St Margaret, dates from the late 18th century. It features a shouldered head with a segmental top and commemorates William Ganzery, who died in 1796. The headstone displays good lettering, with angels carved into the head and a verse located below the inscription.
Local climate
Headstone About 7 Metres North West of the Tower of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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