Pair of Greenslade Headstones About 11 Metres North East of the West Wall of the North Aisle 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. A C18 Headstone.
Pair of Greenslade Headstones About 11 Metres North East of the West Wall of the North Aisle of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- seventh-cupola-sepia
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 432 870
- Coordinates
- 50.66194, -4.21895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones dating from the late 18th century, located about 11 meters northeast of the west wall of the north aisle of the Church of St John the Baptist. Both headstones are made of slate. The northern headstone is round-headed and commemorates Martha Greenslade, who died in 1788. It features a decorative border and a clockface carved at the top, flanked by a trumpeting angel and a kneeling figure representing piety. The southern headstone has a scrolly head with canted corners and commemorates Maria Greenslade, who died in 1785.
Local climate
Pair of Greenslade Headstones About 11 Metres North East of the West Wall of the North Aisle 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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