Chapple Headstone About 3 Metres East of the Transept of the Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Headstone.
Chapple Headstone About 3 Metres East of the Transept of the Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- guardian-foundation-larch
- 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 332 965
- Coordinates
- 50.74416, -4.36525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located about 3 meters east of the transept of the Church of the Holy Cross in Tetcott. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a cross head on a shaft and commemorates Francis Chapple, who died in 1845, along with other family members. The inscriptions are in rustic Gothic letters, making it an interesting example of Gothic Revival design.
Local climate
Chapple Headstone About 3 Metres East of the Transept of the Church of the Holy Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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