Atwell Head and Footstone Approximately 7 Metres East-South-East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Headstone.
Atwell Head and Footstone Approximately 7 Metres East-South-East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- narrow-hammer-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 536 701
- Coordinates
- 50.51293, -4.06493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The head and footstone, dated 1781, is located approximately 7 metres east-south-east of the Church of St. Mary. It commemorates Oliver Attwell and is made of slate. The headstone features curved heads with a carved winged angel's head on either side. The footstone includes an hourglass and skulls carved at the top, along with a laudatory epitaph below.
Local climate
Atwell Head and Footstone Approximately 7 Metres East-South-East of Church of St Mary 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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