Hearn Head and Footstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Petrock is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Monument.
Hearn Head and Footstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Petrock
- WRENN ID
- muffled-chamber-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 513 091
- Coordinates
- 50.86266, -4.11409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hearn head and footstone, located approximately 5 metres south of the Church of St Petrock, is a headstone and footstone likely dating from the early 18th century, dedicated to John Hearn of Westacott. Made of slate, the headstone features a straight top with scrolled sides and intricate carving at the top, along with carved piers on either side that display decorative foliage details. The footstone has a nowy head and features a rhyming epitaph.
Local climate
Hearn Head and Footstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Petrock 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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