Kerslake Headstone About 20m South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1986. Headstone.

Kerslake Headstone About 20m South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
tangled-chamber-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1986
Type
Headstone
Address
Kerslake Headstone About 20m South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, Broadwoodwidger
OS grid reference
SX 411 891
Coordinates
50.68048, -4.24969
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kerslake headstone, located about 20 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, is a late 19th-century headstone signed by R. Miller from Lifton. Made of slate, it features a shouldered design with an octagonal head, commemorating William Kerslake, who died in 1869. The headstone has a sailing ship carved in deep relief within a roundel at the top, accompanied by a verse below the inscription that reads: "The Lord did on my side engage/From Heav'n his throne my cause upheld/And snatch'd me from the furious race/Of threat'ning waves that proudly swell'd." This headstone showcases unusually elaborate slate-carving for the region.

Local climate

Kerslake Headstone About 20m South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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