Keen Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Keen Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- old-cobalt-oak
- 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
- 50.68539, -4.10517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated 1778, is located approximately 5 metres south-east of the chancel of the Church of St. Bridget in Bridestowe. It commemorates Samuel Keen and is made of slate. The headstone features a worn nowy-head with a winged angel's head at the centre, surrounded by a decorative border design.
Local climate
Keen Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of Chancel 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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