Pair of Gravestones to Head and Feet of Bright Grave Approximately 2 Metres West of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Gravestone.
Pair of Gravestones to Head and Feet of Bright Grave Approximately 2 Metres West of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St Paul
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SS 662 280
- Coordinates
- 51.03606, -3.90919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of gravestones from 1789, located approximately 2 metres west of the south-west corner of the tower of the Church of St Paul in Filleigh. The gravestones are made of slate and feature shaped heads with decorative motifs at the tops and borders. The headstone bears an inscription for Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Bright, who died in 1789. The stone at the foot of the grave includes a verse that reads: "weep not for me my friends most dear I am not dead but sleeping here Resting from all my grief and pain Until the Lord calls me again."
Local climate
Pair of Gravestones to Head and Feet of Bright Grave Approximately 2 Metres West of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St Paul 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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