Ayre Headstone Circa 7 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1988. A Victorian Headstone.
Ayre Headstone Circa 7 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- burning-column-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SS 682 194
- Coordinates
- 50.95934, -3.87798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ayre headstone, located approximately 7 metres south of the west tower of the Church of St James, is a twin headstone from the mid-19th century, created by Follard. It features a straight-headed design with twin incised semi-circular headed arches. The inscriptions commemorate Mary Ayre, who died in 1854, and her husband, who died in 1878.
Local climate
Ayre Headstone Circa 7 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St James 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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