Bovice Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Aisle of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Bovice Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Aisle of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- lesser-footing-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 670 883
- Coordinates
- 50.67981, -3.88296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1795, located approximately 1.5 metres south of the aisle of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Gidleigh. It commemorates Alice Bovice and is made of granite. The upright slab stands about 700mm high and features rounded top corners. The front has a simple incised frame and is inscribed with plain bold upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Alice Bovice in 1795.
Local climate
Bovice Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Aisle of Church of Holy Trinity 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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