Group of 3 Headstones About 7 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstones.
Group of 3 Headstones About 7 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- cold-fireplace-rush
- 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 409 760
- Coordinates
- 50.56216, -4.24685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of three headstones from the late 18th century is located about 7 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. These headstones are made of slate and are arranged in a row facing east. The southernmost headstone commemorates Samuel Oliver, who died in 1794, and features a segmental head with a dove and eternal lamps carved above the inscription. The middle headstone is nowy-headed and commemorates Grace Oliver, who died in 1764, with a cherubim carved at the top. The northernmost headstone is also nowy-headed and commemorates Mary Lobb, who died in 1781.
Local climate
Group of 3 Headstones About 7 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary 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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