Group of 8 Headstones and 6 Footstones Approximately 1-6 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Graveyard.
Group of 8 Headstones and 6 Footstones Approximately 1-6 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- steep-vault-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Graveyard
- Address
- Group of 8 Headstones and 6 Footstones Approximately 1-6 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter, Berrynarbor
- OS grid reference
- SS 560 466
- Coordinates
- 51.2013, -4.062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of 8 headstones and 6 footstones located approximately 1 to 6 metres southeast of the southeast corner of the south porch of the Church of St. Peter in Berrynarbor. The headstones date from the early 18th century to the early 19th century and are made of slate, featuring a nowy-arched design unless otherwise noted.
Among the headstones is one for John Knill, who died in 1792, along with a headstone for his son. There is also a headstone for Grace Knill, who died in 1708, accompanied by a footstone that displays scrolling foliage. Another footstone, which is straight-headed, features the verse: "My loving wife she leading me ye way/To this dark Bed of Dust, I came to lay," among other inscriptions.
Additional headstones include one for John Slocombe, who died in 1810, adorned with urns flanking an angel's bust at the top, and a headstone for Elizabeth Toms, also featuring an angel's bust. There is a footstone with a verse located to the north of Elizabeth Toms' headstone. Other notable headstones include those for Thomas Clark, who died in 1709; the wife of John Lerwill, who died in 1792; Thomas Toms, who died in 1786; and James Toms, who died in 1815, which is straight-headed and has incised Corinthian-style fluted pilasters flanking the inscription. The group also includes three footstones in a line, with the left-hand stone featuring an incised skull at the top and the right side displaying urns flanking a skull.
Local climate
Group of 8 Headstones and 6 Footstones Approximately 1-6 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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