Pair of John Box Headstones About 13m South Ewst of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1986. Headstones.
Pair of John Box Headstones About 13m South Ewst of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James
- WRENN ID
- under-ember-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Pair of John Box Headstones About 13m South Ewst of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James, Halwill
- OS grid reference
- SX 427 994
- Coordinates
- 50.7729, -4.2321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of headstones, located about 13 meters southwest of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St James, dates from the early 19th century. They are made of slate. The western headstone commemorates John Box, who died in 1832. It features a nowy head with a carved border and an eternal lamp at the top. A scratch-moulded border surrounds the inscription, which includes a verse below. The eastern headstone, commemorating John Box who died in 1833, has an elaborate shaped head and shares a similar design.
Local climate
Pair of John Box Headstones About 13m South Ewst of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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