2 Headstones Approximately 9 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel 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. Headstones.
2 Headstones Approximately 9 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
- WRENN ID
- young-timber-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SS 586 462
- Coordinates
- 51.19831, -4.02446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones, located approximately 9 metres south-east of the south-east corner of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, date from the early 19th century. They are made of slate and have straight heads. One headstone is inscribed to William Gubb, a mariner who died in 1838, and includes urns flanking an angel figure blowing a trumpet at the top. The other headstone commemorates John Greek, who died in 1840, featuring a representation of a hand holding a knife next to a felled tree, also flanked by urns at the top.
Local climate
2 Headstones Approximately 9 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel 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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