Group of 7 Headstones with Railings and Plinth in the Churchyard About 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Monument.
Group of 7 Headstones with Railings and Plinth in the Churchyard About 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- night-lancet-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 509 787
- Coordinates
- 50.58949, -4.10733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of seven headstones, along with railings and a plinth, located in the churchyard about 3 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. The group dates from the mid-19th century and features slate and limestone headstones, a chamfered granite plinth, and cast iron railings.
The slate headstones include one for John Bennettes from 1825, which has an incised pennant and a shaped top; one for Anne Bennettes from 1853; one for Francis Kent from 1880; and one for Catherine Barratt from 1825, which features a shaped top, cross, and anchor. The limestone headstones include one for James Barratt from 1825, adorned with a fleuron border and a broken finial; another for James Barratt from 1851, which is bell-shaped with a cross finial; and an unidentified mid-19th century headstone with a Celtic cross finial, which was overgrown with ivy at the time of the survey in July 1985.
The railings are arcaded, featuring fleur de lys and shaped finials, with twisted uprights at the corners and a horizontal rail decorated with circular designs.
Local climate
Group of 7 Headstones with Railings and Plinth in the Churchyard About 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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