Pair of Adjacent Anonymous Headstones Approximately 34 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. Headstone.
Pair of Adjacent Anonymous Headstones Approximately 34 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- dusk-rafter-pearl
- 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 532 189
- Coordinates
- 50.95112, -4.08994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of adjacent anonymous headstones, located approximately 34 metres south-south-west of the tower of the Church of St Giles, is likely from the late 18th century. Both headstones are made of slate and stand side by side. The left headstone has a square top and is about 500 millimetres high, while the right headstone has a rounded top and stands approximately 650 millimetres high. Each headstone features inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, with poetic epitaphs that do not include names or dates. The left inscription is addressed to parents and suggests it commemorates the death of more than one infant. In contrast, the right inscription speaks of an elderly person "near ninety years" and is directed to their "children's children's children." Both stones have been relocated to their current position.
Local climate
Pair of Adjacent Anonymous Headstones Approximately 34 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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