Pair of Gravestones to Head and Foot of Mary Davis Approximately 5 Metres South of Centre of South End of South Transept is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Gravestone.
Pair of Gravestones to Head and Foot of Mary Davis Approximately 5 Metres South of Centre of South End of South Transept
- WRENN ID
- calm-glass-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SS 472 286
- Coordinates
- 51.0366, -4.1799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of gravestones from 1782, located approximately 5 metres south of the centre of the south end of the south transept. Made of slate, the headstone features a straight top and commemorates Mary, the wife of Humphrey Davis, who died in 1782, with the inscription 'by John Merchant Her Son'. The footstone bears the inscription: 'Weep not for me my Children dear Nor griev to see my fall for soon cut down by death I wase and taken from you'.
Local climate
Pair of Gravestones to Head and Foot of Mary Davis Approximately 5 Metres South of Centre of South End of South Transept receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Metherel Headstone About 4 Metres East of the Church of St Giles
- 2 Group of 6 Gravestones Circa 3-5 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St Thomas
- 3 2 Sets of Gravestones to Head and Feet of Graves of Honour and Mary Burden Approximately 5 Metres West of West End of West Tower of Church of St Peter
- 4 Draper Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Aisle, West End, of Old Church of St Mary
- 5 Group of 4 Headstones Thomas Vercoe, Edward Vercoe, Joan Tretheway and Mary Brown 6 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Menefreda
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Gatepiers and Flanking Walls to South Side of Churchyard to Church of St Peter
- Church of St Peter
- Church Rooms at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Peter
- Jasmine Cottage
- K6 Telephone Kiosk
- Fern Cottage Rock Cottage
- Well Cottage
- The Westleigh Inn Including Barn Attached at Right (East) End
- Ivy Cottage Walters Cottage
- Downmans