Headstone Approximately 2 Metres to East of Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1996. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 2 Metres to East of Parish Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- rooted-column-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1996
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 851 720
- Coordinates
- 50.53729, -3.62187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated 1728, is located approximately 2 metres to the east of the Parish Church of All Saints in Newton Abbot. It is made of white limestone and features primitive carving and lettering. At the top, there is an irregularly shaped incised face that is naively carved, with four lines on each side, dot eyes, a triangular nose, and a wide slit mouth. The inscription on the headstone reads: "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ROBERT MAY WHO DIED JANUARY THE 10 1728 AGED 70Y HERE ALSO LYETH MARY MAY WIFE . . ."
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 2 Metres to East of Parish Church of All Saints 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 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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