Headstone Set Into Low Wall Approximately 20 Metres West of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Headstone.

Headstone Set Into Low Wall Approximately 20 Metres West of Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
sleeping-obsidian-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1987
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SX 754 860
Coordinates
50.66115, -3.76297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone dated 1692 and 1695, set into a low wall approximately 20 metres west of the Church of St Andrew in Moretonhampstead. It is made of granite and features a roughly shaped head. The inscription is illegible, but the dates are clearly marked, with 1692 on the front and 1695 on the reverse.

Local climate

Headstone Set Into Low Wall Approximately 20 Metres West of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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