2 Headstones Approximately 20 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Headstones.
2 Headstones Approximately 20 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- gentle-passage-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SX 697 967
- Coordinates
- 50.75553, -3.84754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two adjacent headstones, located approximately 20 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Michael, date from the 18th century, with one specifically dated 1703. Both are made of granite. The right headstone has a nowy head and stands about 500mm high, but its inscription is illegible. The left headstone is round-headed and features an inscription in upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of William Peerith, who died in 1703.
Local climate
2 Headstones Approximately 20 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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