Parkin Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Headstone.
Parkin Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- long-brick-yarrow
- 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 613 404
- Coordinates
- 51.14663, -3.98429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parkin headstone, located approximately 10 metres south of the southeast corner of the nave of the Church of St James, is a Grade II listed headstone dating from 1769. It features a stone structure with a nowy-arched top and decorated borders surrounding the inscription dedicated to Nicholas Parkin, who died in 1769. A verse is inscribed at the base of the headstone.
Local climate
Parkin Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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