Group of 3 Avery Headstones Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1989. Headstone.

Group of 3 Avery Headstones Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of St James

WRENN ID
waiting-bonework-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1989
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SS 384 132
Coordinates
50.89629, -4.29833
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of three headstones located approximately 5 metres north of the Church of St James in Abbots Bickington. They commemorate John, Elizabeth, and Samuel Avery, who died in 1744, 1746, and 1749. The headstones are made of slate and each features an inscribed arch, with the central headstone being more ornate than the others. Only the central and left-hand headstones have footstones, which are designed similarly and include epitaphs.

Local climate

Group of 3 Avery Headstones Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of St James 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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