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
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- 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
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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