Pair of Adjacent Alford Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South 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. Headstones.
Pair of Adjacent Alford Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- shifting-spandrel-barley
- 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 533 189
- Coordinates
- 50.95114, -4.08903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of adjacent headstones, located approximately 12 metres south-south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Giles. Both headstones date from the 18th century and commemorate members of the Alford family. They are made of slate.
The eastern headstone is the earlier of the two, featuring a square head and standing about 150 millimetres high. It is decorated on both sides with a well-carved winged cherub's head flanked by scrolled designs, and the inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, although most of it is buried. The name of John Alford is visible on the east side.
The western headstone has a shaped head and is adorned with an incised frame supported by columns on the front. The first letter of the inscription is ornamental, while the remainder is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Martha Alford in 1758. The rear of this headstone is inscribed in memory of John Alford, who died in 1793, and features a simple cusped frame.
Local climate
Pair of Adjacent Alford Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South 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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