Light Monument in the Churchyard About 3m South East of South Aisle 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.

Light Monument in the Churchyard About 3m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
riven-spire-alder
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
Address
Light Monument in the Churchyard About 3m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary, Sampford Spiney, West Devon
OS grid reference
SX 534 724
Coordinates
50.53352, -4.06942
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone located in the churchyard about 3 meters southeast of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary in Sampford Spiney. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of slate. The headstone has a segmental shape at the top with stepped shoulders and features a winged cherub, a skull and crossed bones, and stylised flowers on the sides. The border has a wavy-edged carving, and it includes a laudatory inscription dedicated to Anne Light, dated 1795.

Local climate

Light Monument in the Churchyard About 3m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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