Taylor Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of South West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Headstone.
Taylor Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of South West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- secret-courtyard-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 472 286
- Coordinates
- 51.03663, -4.18015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Taylor headstone, located approximately 12 metres south of the south-west corner of the west tower of the Church of St Peter, dates from 1800. It is made of slate and features a nowy-arched design. The inscription reads: "Here Lie the Remains of Robert Taylor senr. who died the 19th July 1800 Aged 66 Weep not for me my friends that be Nor Wife and Children kind When God thinks fit we must submit Unto his holy mind."
Local climate
Taylor Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of South West Corner of West Tower of Church of St Peter 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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