Humphreys Monument in the Churchyard Approx 9m N of Vestry of Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. Monument.
Humphreys Monument in the Churchyard Approx 9m N of Vestry of Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- salt-stone-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 467 221
- Coordinates
- 50.97831, -4.18464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Humphreys Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 9 meters north of the vestry of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Weare Giffard. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone. The monument features a moulded cornice and moulded corner balusters, with a scribed architrave that surrounds the inscription panel. It commemorates John Humphreys, who died in 1830.
Local climate
Humphreys Monument in the Churchyard Approx 9m N of Vestry of Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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