Tapson Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Tapson Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- riven-tin-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 513 894
- Coordinates
- 50.68542, -4.10538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tapson headstone, dated 1737, is located approximately 3.5 metres south of the Church of St Bridget in Bridestowe. This headstone commemorates Nicholas Tapson and is made of slate. It features a nowy-head with a moulded edge and a winged angel's head carved at the top, which is adorned with decorative scrolls.
Local climate
Tapson Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of Church of St Bridget sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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