Beech Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South 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.

Beech Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
heavy-jade-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
50.51277, -4.06509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone dated 1760, located approximately 5 metres south of the Church of St. Mary in Walkhampton. It commemorates Jane Beech and is made of slate. The headstone features a nowy head with a carved hourglass and the inscription "my time is run" below.

Local climate

Beech Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South 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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