Gubb Headstone with Accompanying Footstone Approximately 5 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Headstone.
Gubb Headstone with Accompanying Footstone Approximately 5 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
- WRENN ID
- low-stronghold-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 586 463
- Coordinates
- 51.19857, -4.02478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone with an accompanying footstone, located approximately 5 metres north of the north transept of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula in Combe Martin. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a straight top with angel busts at the corners. It is inscribed with the name of John Gubb, who died in 1767, along with other family members. The footstone includes an urn at the head of the verse.
Local climate
Gubb Headstone with Accompanying Footstone Approximately 5 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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