Group of 6 Headstones About 22 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstones.

Group of 6 Headstones About 22 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Constantine

WRENN ID
weathered-kitchen-equinox
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 406 792
Coordinates
50.59125, -4.25202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of six headstones from the 18th century is located about 22 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Constantine in Milton Abbot. These headstones are made of slate and arranged in a row of four facing east, with the outer two back to back with two others.

The southernmost headstone commemorates John Lang, who died in 1763, and Phillippa Lang, who died in 1777. It features a nowy head with canted corners and a stylized pot of lilies carved at the top. The next headstone to the north honors Benjamin Woodman, who died in 1745, and has a similar design, including a border of stylized grapes and thistles around the head, with an hourglass at the apex and a verse below the inscription.

The following headstone commemorates Richard Woodman, who died in 1760, and is also similar in design, featuring a cherubim carved at the top. The northernmost headstone honors Stephen Johns, who died in 1742, and has a nowy head with a skull and crossbones carved in relief at the top.

Facing west and back to back with the John Lang headstone is a headstone with a segmental head commemorating Grace Oxenham of Quither, who died in 1782. Back to back with the Stephen Johns headstone is another headstone with a segmental head commemorating Mary Lang of Quither, who died in 1799.

Local climate

Group of 6 Headstones About 22 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Constantine sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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