Knapman Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South-South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Knapman Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South-South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 667 907
- Coordinates
- 50.70114, -3.88782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knapman headstone, dated 1718, is located approximately 5 metres south-south-east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Throwleigh. This headstone is made of granite and features an upright slab with a shaped head, standing about 600mm high. It is inscribed in large coarse capital letters, commemorating the burial of Agnesse Knapman in 1718.
Local climate
Knapman Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South-South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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