Avery Headstone Approximately 20 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1988. Headstone.
Avery Headstone Approximately 20 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St James
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 681 194
- Coordinates
- 50.95943, -3.87849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Avery headstone, located approximately 20 metres west of the west tower of the Church of St James, dates from 1794. It is made of slate and features a straight head. The top corners are adorned with winged angel busts. The inscription commemorates John Avery Junior, who died in 1794, and there is a verse at the base.
Local climate
Avery Headstone Approximately 20 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St James 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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