Jones Headstone About 5 Metres South of South West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Monument.
Jones Headstone About 5 Metres South of South West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pedestal-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 656 312
- Coordinates
- 51.06523, -3.91841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone from 1824, created by H Britton of Landkey. It is made of slate and is located about 5 metres south of the south-west corner of the west tower of the Church of St Peter in East and West Buckland. The headstone features a decorated top with a central urn and includes the verse, "Behold ye Lord taketh away who can hinder him, who will say unto Him what doest thou?" It commemorates Christopher Jones, who died in 1824, and has additional verses below the main inscription.
Local climate
Jones Headstone About 5 Metres South of South West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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