Tawton Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Monument.
Tawton Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- tattered-hearth-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 548 082
- Coordinates
- 50.85567, -4.06415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tawton headstone, dated 1797, is located approximately 3 metres south of the Church of St Michael. This headstone commemorates Daniel Tawton and is made of slate. The inscription is placed under a decorative arch at the top, flanked by inscribed pillars on either side.
Local climate
Tawton Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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