Friend Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres East of Church of St Petrock is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Headstone.
Friend Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres East of Church of St Petrock
- WRENN ID
- nether-granite-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 509 847
- Coordinates
- 50.64322, -4.1098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1780, dedicated to John Friend, located approximately 1.5 metres east of the Church of St Petrock in Lydford. It is made of slate and features a straight head with scrolled sides, which are carved with a winged angel's head.
Local climate
Friend Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres East of Church of St Petrock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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