Anonymous Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South East 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.
Anonymous Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- half-finial-russet
- 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
- 50.95127, -4.0892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an anonymous headstone located approximately 4 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Giles. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of granite. The upright slab stands about 250 millimetres high and features a shaped head that is carved with a skull and an hourglass. The inscription is presented in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, but it does not include a name or date, only a poetic epitaph.
Local climate
Anonymous Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South East 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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