Double Head Stone Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Memorial.
Double Head Stone Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- second-steeple-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SX 739 838
- Coordinates
- 50.6403, -3.78432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The double head-stone, dated 1718 and 1722, is located approximately 4 metres south-west of the porch of the Church of St. John the Baptist in North Bovey. It is made from a single granite slab featuring a double inverted curve at the top, with a raised semi-circle in the center and a groove running around the edge. Although the writing is illegible, the two dates indicate that it likely commemorates a husband and wife or close relatives.
Local climate
Double Head Stone Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 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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