Pair of Dennis Headstones Approximately 8 Metres West of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Monument.
Pair of Dennis Headstones Approximately 8 Metres West of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- south-stair-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 504 991
- Coordinates
- 50.77281, -4.12191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of Dennis headstones, located approximately 8 metres west of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, dates from 1756 and 1784 and commemorates John Dennis and his father Philip. Made of slate, the right-hand headstone for John features a straight head with curved sides and a curved winged angel's head, surrounded by ornate scrolled decoration and additional detailing down the sides. The left-hand headstone for Philip also has a straight head but with scrolled sides, topped by three winged angel's heads and inscribed with the words "Distinguished for his industry probity and blameless life," along with an epitaph below.
Local climate
Pair of Dennis Headstones Approximately 8 Metres West of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% 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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