Parkin Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Porch to 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.
Parkin Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Porch to Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- carved-mantel-russet
- 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 511 325
- Coordinates
- 51.07283, -4.1257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parkin headstone, located approximately 15 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Peter in Fremington, dates from around 1840. It is made of slate and features a straight-headed design with scalloped corners. The central motif depicts a heart containing a flower being cut down by a knife held by a hand, accompanied by the verse on either side: "Man cometh up and is cut down like a flower." The headstone commemorates members of the Parkin family.
Local climate
Parkin Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Porch to Church of St Peter 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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