Volcanic Trap Headstone About 1 Metre South East of the Porch of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Headstone.

Volcanic Trap Headstone About 1 Metre South East of the Porch of Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
distant-courtyard-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1988
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SX 921 856
Coordinates
50.66084, -3.52669
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 18th-century headstone made of volcanic trap, located about 1 metre southeast of the porch of the Church of St Andrew in Kenn. The headstone is small and plain, featuring a square top with canted corners. It has rustic lettering, although the name is illegible, and it includes a date of 1766. This headstone is noted for being unusually early.

Local climate

Volcanic Trap Headstone About 1 Metre South East of the Porch of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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