Morish Headstone Approximately 35 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Headstone.
Morish Headstone Approximately 35 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- brooding-vault-azure
- 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 532 189
- Coordinates
- 50.95105, -4.0899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morish headstone, dated 1784, is located approximately 35 metres south-south-west of the tower of the Church of St Giles in the Wood. This headstone commemorates Prudence Morish and is made of slate. It features an upright slab with a shaped head, standing about 500 millimetres high. On each side of the front, there are carved fluted columns, and above these is a segmental arch. At the top, a calligraphic style skull and crossbones is depicted. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Prudence Morish in 1784.
Local climate
Morish Headstone Approximately 35 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles 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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