Roberts Headstone Approximately 9 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 16 February 1989. Headstone.
Roberts Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- veiled-stronghold-sable
- 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
- 50.95116, -4.08928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roberts headstone, dated 1750, is located approximately 9 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Giles in the Wood. This headstone is made of slate and features an upright square-headed slab. The top of the headstone is carved with a skull, which is flanked by scrolled decoration. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of David Roberts in 1750.
Local climate
Roberts Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of the Chancel 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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