Hawton Headstone About 15 Metres South West of the Porch of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstone.
Hawton Headstone About 15 Metres South West of the Porch of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- quartered-belfry-auburn
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 409 759
- Coordinates
- 50.56197, -4.24732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century headstone made of slate, located about 15 meters southwest of the porch of the Church of St Mary. It commemorates George Hawton, who was buried in 1778. The headstone features a nowy (arched) top with a stylized pot of flowers carved into it, and there is a verse below the inscription.
Local climate
Hawton Headstone About 15 Metres South West of the Porch of the Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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