Tanner Monument and Enclosing Railings About 4 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Monument.
Tanner Monument and Enclosing Railings About 4 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- low-grate-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 787 216
- Coordinates
- 50.98189, -3.72886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tanner Monument, dating from the 1830s, is located about 4 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St Peter. This monument features an area on a pedestal, enclosed by railings. It is constructed from Portland stone and granite, with cast iron railings, and is designed in the Greek Revival style. The area includes antefixae and pediments adorned with palmettes, all resting on a substantial square-section pedestal made of Portland stone, which has a granite plinth. The pedestal is topped with a moulded cornice and includes inscription panels that commemorate Richard Tanner, who died in 1834, along with other members of the Tanner family. Although the initials on the monument are now illegible, the surrounding railings, likely contemporary to the monument, feature reeded shafts with spear-on-knob finials, and the corner balusters are moulded with vase finials. This monument is an elegant example of Greek Revival architecture.
Local climate
Tanner Monument and Enclosing Railings About 4 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Peter 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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