Bawden Headstone with Accompanying Footstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Headstone.

Bawden Headstone with Accompanying Footstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula

WRENN ID
tired-pedestal-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1987
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SS 586 463
Coordinates
51.19855, -4.02483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bawden headstone with accompanying footstone is located approximately 3 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula in Combe Martin. This headstone dates from the late 18th century and is made of slate with a nowy-arched shape. The headstone features a cherub's head above the inscription dedicated to Elizabeth Bawden, who died in 1767. The footstone displays an hourglass flanked by cross-bones above a verse.

Local climate

Bawden Headstone with Accompanying Footstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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