Pair of Headstones About 3 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstones.
Pair of Headstones About 3 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- eastward-bracket-cedar
- 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 456 835
- Coordinates
- 50.63112, -4.18323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones from the late 18th century, located about 3 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Andrew in Coryton. The headstones are made of slate and feature nowy heads with canted corners. One headstone commemorates John Hobbs, who died in 1786, and includes a lily carved in relief within an ornamental border, with an inscription below. The other headstone honors Prudence Kennard, who died in 1784, and features a winged head carved in relief above the inscription.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones About 3 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Andrew 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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