Cock Headstone About 11m North of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1986. Headstone.
Cock Headstone About 11m North of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- hollow-wattle-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Cock Headstone About 11m North of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, Broadwoodwidger
- OS grid reference
- SX 411 891
- Coordinates
- 50.68064, -4.25002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cock headstone, located about 11 meters north of the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, is a late 18th-century slate headstone. It features a segmental top and commemorates Digory Cock, who died in 1791. The headstone is adorned with a carved book crown and a death's head, flanked by eternal lamps. Below the inscription, there is a verse.
Local climate
Cock Headstone About 11m North of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Cock Headstone Approximately 8 Metres South of the Aisle of the Church of St Giles
- 2 Headstone to George Cock About 1 Metre North of North Chapel of Church of St Laurence
- 3 Headstone to Edward Cock, About 5 Metres North West of Church of St Peter, Oare
- 4 Cockram Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Leonard
- 5 Bickle Headstone About 19m East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas
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- Down Memorial About 28m North East of the North East Corner of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas
- Palmer Headstone About 37m North of the West Tower of the Church of St Nicholas
- Kerslake Headstone About 20m South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas
- Cross About 8m South of the Porch of the Church of St Nicholas
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