Mountjoy Monument in the Churchyard About 4m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Monument.
Mountjoy Monument in the Churchyard About 4m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-flint-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Mountjoy Monument in the Churchyard About 4m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary, Sampford Spiney, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 534 724
- Coordinates
- 50.53362, -4.06936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mountjoy monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 4 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Sampford Spiney. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone features a double segmental top with scrolled lettering, commemorating Hugh Mountjoy, who died in 1783.
Local climate
Mountjoy Monument in the Churchyard About 4m East of Chancel 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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