Pair of Headstones About 19 Metres South West of the Tower 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. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones About 19 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Constantine
- WRENN ID
- second-sentry-bramble
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 406 792
- Coordinates
- 50.59143, -4.25213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones located about 19 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St Constantine. They date from the late 18th century and are made of slate. The south headstone commemorates John Buckingham, who died in 1792, and features a triangular head with a scrolly profile and well-executed lettering. The north headstone honors Richard Corydon, who died in 1792, and another Richard Corydon, who died in 1794. It has a rounded ogee head and includes an open book with text, flanked by two ovals that contain carvings of a spade, a scythe, and a coffin above the inscription.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones About 19 Metres South West of the Tower 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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