Taylor Ledger Stone Fixed to the Churchyard Retaining Wall to the North and East of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Ledger stone.
Taylor Ledger Stone Fixed to the Churchyard Retaining Wall to the North and East of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sharp-chancel-heath
- 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
- Ledger stone
- OS grid reference
- SX 432 870
- Coordinates
- 50.66166, -4.21873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Taylor ledger stone is fixed to the churchyard retaining wall to the north and east of the Church of St John the Baptist. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of slate. The stone commemorates Robert Day Taylor, who served as the Clerk of the Parish for nearly 40 years. It features an inscription around the border and includes two verses in the center, surrounded by panels with high-quality decorative relief carving.
Local climate
Taylor Ledger Stone Fixed to the Churchyard Retaining Wall to the North and East of the Church of St John the Baptist 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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