Ridge Headstone About 6 Metres South West 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. Headstone.
Ridge Headstone About 6 Metres South West of South-West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- final-brick-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 656 312
- Coordinates
- 51.06524, -3.9185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located about 6 metres south-west of the south-west corner of the west tower of the Church of St Peter in West Buckland. It dates from 1854 and was created by Youatt. The headstone is made of slate and features a shaped head with a central urn and decorative elements at the top. The inscription commemorates Grace Ridge, who died in 1854.
Local climate
Ridge Headstone About 6 Metres South West 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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