Ratten Headstone and Footstone Approximately 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1989. Monument.
Ratten Headstone and Footstone Approximately 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- sacred-wattle-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1989
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 384 106
- Coordinates
- 50.87314, -4.29724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ratten headstone and footstone, located approximately 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of Holy Trinity, are made of slate and commemorate William Ratten, who died in 1760. The headstone features an inverted ogee shape, while the footstone has a similar design and bears an epitaph.
Local climate
Ratten Headstone and Footstone Approximately 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity 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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