Spettigue Headstone About 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. A C18 Headstone.

Spettigue Headstone About 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles

WRENN ID
sheer-transept-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1986
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SX 353 907
Coordinates
50.69301, -4.33216
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Spettigue headstone, located about 6 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Giles, is a late 18th-century slate headstone. It features a round-headed design and commemorates Joseph Spettigue, who died in 1795, along with other members of the Spettigue family. There is a verse inscribed below the main inscription.

Local climate

Spettigue Headstone About 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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