Group of 2 Hookway Monuments and 4 Unidentified Monuments in the Churchyard, Approx 4 to 7m S of S Porch of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. Monuments.
Group of 2 Hookway Monuments and 4 Unidentified Monuments in the Churchyard, Approx 4 to 7m S of S Porch of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- stark-ledge-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SS 457 207
- Coordinates
- 50.96505, -4.198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of six headstones located in the churchyard, approximately 4 to 7 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. George. The monuments date from the mid to late 18th century.
Among them is a slatestone headstone dedicated to Elizabeth Hookway, who died in 1759, featuring an inscription set within an architectural frame. Next to it is a segmental-arched headstone for Mary Hookway, who passed away in 1795. The remaining four headstones, also from the mid to late 18th century, are inscribed with fine poetic elegies.
Local climate
Group of 2 Hookway Monuments and 4 Unidentified Monuments in the Churchyard, Approx 4 to 7m S of S Porch of Church of St George receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 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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