Ayre Headstone Approximately 5 Meters South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Headstone.

Ayre Headstone Approximately 5 Meters South of Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
long-steeple-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SS 478 134
Coordinates
50.90065, -4.16556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ayre headstone, located approximately 5 meters south of the Church of St Peter in Petersmarland, is a Grade II listed headstone dated 1790, commemorating William Ayre. It is made of slate and features a carved arch above the inscription, with columns on either side and decorative roundels in the spandrels.

Local climate

Ayre Headstone Approximately 5 Meters South of Church of St Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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