2 Adjacent Fitzbowden Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South of the Aisle 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.

2 Adjacent Fitzbowden Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South of the Aisle of the Church of St Giles

WRENN ID
solemn-timber-wind
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 533 189
Coordinates
50.95111, -4.08949
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two adjacent headstones located approximately 8 metres south of the aisle of the Church of St Giles. Both headstones date from the late 18th century and are made of slate with upright slabs that have square heads. Each is inscribed with Roman serif lettering in both upper and lower case. The eastern headstone stands about 450 millimetres high and commemorates Nicholas Fitzbowden, who died in 1797. The western headstone is approximately 600 millimetres high and marks the death of Elizabeth Fitzbowden in 1800.

Local climate

2 Adjacent Fitzbowden Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South of the Aisle 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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