Group of 7 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Approximately 5-10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Headstones.
Group of 7 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Approximately 5-10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- twisted-chancel-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Group of 7 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Approximately 5-10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James, Arlington
- OS grid reference
- SS 613 404
- Coordinates
- 51.14663, -3.98419
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of seven headstones with accompanying footstones, located approximately 5 to 10 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St James. They date from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. Four pairs are made of stone, while three are made of slate. Three of the pairs are set back to back. The headstones commemorate Joseph Pyke (died 1812), featuring an angel's bust on a nowy-arched headstone; Alice Parkin (died 1776), also with a nowy-arched design and an angel blowing a trumpet at the head; and George Parkin (died 1772) and Hugh Parkin (died 1802), both with angels' busts on their nowy-arched headstones. Additionally, John Giles (died 1724), George Crocombe (died 1731), and William Rawl (died 1821) are also commemorated, each with angels' busts on their headstones.
Local climate
Group of 7 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Approximately 5-10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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