Headstone About 10 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Headstone.
Headstone About 10 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- stark-sandstone-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 561 235
- Coordinates
- 50.99364, -4.05099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located about 10 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew, is likely from the early 19th century. Made of slate, it features a shouldered, round-headed design with a well-cut border and arabesques at the top. The headstone is inscribed with a lengthy verse, which expresses a message from deceased parents to their children, urging them not to mourn and to live in love and fear of God. The verse concludes with a promise of everlasting joy in Heaven. This tradition of using stones with verses that lack names and dates is also seen in the nearby parish of St Giles in the Wood, with the earliest examples dating back to the 18th century.
Local climate
Headstone About 10 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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