Squire Headstone 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.
Squire Headstone Approximately 34 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- muted-jamb-elm
- 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
- 50.95108, -4.08997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1804, located approximately 34 metres south-south-west of the tower of the Church of St Giles in the Wood. It commemorates Frances Squire and is made of slate. The upright, nowy-headed slab stands about 400 millimetres high. The front features an inscribed frame, and the head is adorned with a carved winged skull. The inscription includes italic lettering for the first line and Roman serif upper and lower case lettering for the rest, detailing the death of Frances Squire in 1804. This headstone has been repositioned to its current location.
Local climate
Squire Headstone 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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