Pair of Adjacent Headstones Approximately 33 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. A C18 Monument.
Pair of Adjacent Headstones Approximately 33 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-shingle-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 532 189
- Coordinates
- 50.95114, -4.08989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a pair of adjacent headstones located approximately 33 metres south-south-west of the tower of the Church of St Giles. Likely dating from the 18th century, both headstones are made of slate, with one positioned in front of the other. The front headstone stands about 450 millimetres high and features concave corners, inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. It is anonymous and undated, expressing a farewell to family from a husband and father. Behind it is another headstone, approximately 550 millimetres high, which has a shaped head carved with a skull and scrolled decoration. Although the inscription on this back headstone is not visible, it records the death of Judith Voddem in 1827. These two headstones have been repositioned to their current location.
Local climate
Pair of Adjacent Headstones Approximately 33 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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