Shapter Headstone Approximately 7 Metres West of Tower of Former Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Headstone.
Shapter Headstone Approximately 7 Metres West of Tower of Former Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tenth-storey-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 797 626
- Coordinates
- 50.4517, -3.6949
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shapter headstone, dated 1788, is located approximately 7 metres west of the tower of the former Church of St Mary in Dartington. This slate headstone features a shouldered segmented head and is bordered with an incised design. It commemorates Edward Shapter, who died in 1788, and his wife Mary, who passed away in 1782. The inscription includes both upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Shapter Headstone Approximately 7 Metres West of Tower of Former Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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