Pair of Headstones Approximately 7 Metres South-South-East 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. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones Approximately 7 Metres South-South-East of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-fireplace-elder
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 513 777
- Coordinates
- 50.58063, -4.10115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones located approximately 7 metres south-south-east of the Church of St Peter. The headstones are dated 1772 for John and Elizabeth White and 1761 for Elizabeth Rice. They are made of slate. The White headstone features a shallow nowy head with a crude figure holding an hourglass and a scythe. The Rice headstone has a deep nowy head carved with a long case clock, which is flanked by a winged angel's head.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones Approximately 7 Metres South-South-East 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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