Arnold Head and Footstone Immediately to South of Aisle of 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.
Arnold Head and Footstone Immediately to South of Aisle of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- old-floor-fen
- 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
- Address
- Arnold Head and Footstone Immediately to South of Aisle of Church of St Giles, Little Torrington
- OS grid reference
- SS 491 168
- Coordinates
- 50.93126, -4.14872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone and footstone of Andrew Arnold, who died in 1794, are located immediately to the south of the aisle of the Church of St. Giles in Little Torrington. Both stones are made of slate. The headstone is roundheaded and features decorative elements along the sides, with a winged angel's head inscribed at the top. The footstone includes a carved hourglass above the epitaph.
Local climate
Arnold Head and Footstone Immediately to South of Aisle of Church of St Giles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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