Group of 2 Gale and 1 Gaill Headstones About 16 Metres East of the South Chancel Chapel of the Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstones.
Group of 2 Gale and 1 Gaill Headstones About 16 Metres East of the South Chancel Chapel of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-banister-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1985
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SX 447 876
- Coordinates
- 50.66734, -4.19803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three headstones located about 16 meters east of the south chancel chapel of the Church of St George. They date from the early to late 18th century and are made of slate. Each headstone has a nowy shape with canted corners. The southernmost headstone commemorates Henry Gale, who was buried in 1751, and features a stylized skull, crossbones, and foliage carved at the top. The middle headstone honors Mary Gaill, buried in 1742, also with a stylized skull, crossbones, and foliage. The northernmost headstone is for Daniel Gale, who was buried in 1781, and it includes a stylized cherubim carved at the top.
Local climate
Group of 2 Gale and 1 Gaill Headstones About 16 Metres East of the South Chancel Chapel of the Church of St George sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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