Pair of Headstones About 9 Metres South West of the Nave of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Headstones.
Pair of Headstones About 9 Metres South West of the Nave of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- eastward-soffit-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SS 561 235
- Coordinates
- 50.99376, -4.05127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of headstones located about 9 metres southwest of the nave of the Church of St Andrew, likely dating from the early 19th century, are made of slate. These square-headed headstones do not have names or dates but feature long verses. The southern stone is bordered and includes an inscription from a deceased woman to her family, saying: "Pray be cool, do not lament/All must submit you see/When God doth please your life to call/Come here and sleep by me." The northern headstone has quarter suns carved in each corner and contains a verse that eulogises a deceased man, stating, "Now like the sun set in eclipse he lies/And like the sun is soon again to rise." This tradition of headstones with verses lacking names or dates is also seen at St Giles in the Wood, the nearby parish, with the earliest examples likely dating from the 18th century.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones About 9 Metres South West of the Nave of the Church of St Andrew 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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