Group of 2 Pairs of Gravestones and One Headstone to Beer Family Circa 5 Metres East of South East Corner of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. Gravestone.
Group of 2 Pairs of Gravestones and One Headstone to Beer Family Circa 5 Metres East of South East Corner of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- shifting-brick-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SS 642 227
- Coordinates
- 50.98833, -3.9355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of two pairs of gravestones and one headstone belonging to the Beer family, located approximately 5 metres east of the south-east corner of the Church of St John. The gravestones date from the 18th century and early 19th century.
One headstone features a shaped top and bears an inscription for George Beer, who died in 1775, along with a verse. There is also a headstone and footstone made of slate, inscribed for William Beer, who died in 1808 after 'dying by a fall from a horse'. The footstone has a shaped head and includes a long verse. Additionally, there is a twin headstone with a footstone, both made of slate, featuring straight heads and incised twin semi-circular arches. The left side of this headstone is inscribed for William Beer, who died in 1817, with a verse on the footstone.
Local climate
Group of 2 Pairs of Gravestones and One Headstone to Beer Family Circa 5 Metres East of South East Corner of Church of St John 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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