Group of 5 Gravestones Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Gravestone group.
Group of 5 Gravestones Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sunken-niche-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Gravestone group
- OS grid reference
- SS 687 329
- Coordinates
- 51.08086, -3.87505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five gravestones located approximately 5 metres southeast of the south porch of the Church of St John the Baptist. The gravestones date from the 18th century and are made of slate with shaped heads. They consist of two pairs of gravestones marking the head and feet of the Radford and Smyth graves, along with a stone at the foot of an unknown grave. The stone at the foot of the Radford grave features the verse, "A pretty Babe is Buried here who to his parents was most Dear..." and the stone at the foot of the unknown grave has the inscription, "A virgin pure was buried here And to her Parents was most dear...."
Local climate
Group of 5 Gravestones Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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