Row of 4 Braddon Headstones About 8 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstones.
Row of 4 Braddon Headstones About 8 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- other-dormer-merlin
- 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 432 870
- Coordinates
- 50.66189, -4.21921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of four headstones located about 8 meters north of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist. They date from the early to late 18th century and are made of slate. Each headstone features a shaped scrolly head. The northernmost headstone commemorates Richard Braddon, who died in 1783. The next one to the south commemorates Mary Braddon, who was buried in 1752. The following headstone commemorates Elizabeth Braddon, buried in 1759, and it has stylized flowers and foliage carved in the head. The southernmost headstone is unusually wide and commemorates John Braddon, who was buried in 1740, also featuring stylized flowers and foliage carved in the head.
Local climate
Row of 4 Braddon Headstones About 8 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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