Pair of Maddaford Headstones Approximately 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Headstones.
Pair of Maddaford Headstones Approximately 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- solitary-grate-willow
- 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
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SX 513 777
- Coordinates
- 50.58056, -4.1014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones dated 1778 and 1782, marking the graves of a father and son, both named Stephen Maddaford. They are located approximately 4 metres south of the transept of the Church of St Peter in Peter Tavy. The headstones are made of slate. The headstone for Stephen the Younger features a segmental head with a simple carved winged angel's head, while the headstone for Stephen the Elder has a nowy head.
Local climate
Pair of Maddaford Headstones Approximately 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St Peter 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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