Darnacott Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Petrock Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Headstone.
Darnacott Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Petrock Porch
- WRENN ID
- watchful-window-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 512 091
- Coordinates
- 50.86269, -4.11435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Darnacott headstone, located approximately 5 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Petrock, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1712. It commemorates Seph Darnacott of Brightenzay. The headstone features ornate carved decoration at the top, including an hourglass and foliage. The inscription is presented in a raised panel at the centre, flanked by high relief Corinthian columns on either side.
Local climate
Darnacott Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Petrock Porch sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 83% 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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