Meare Monument in the Churchyard About 12m South 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. Tomb.
Meare Monument in the Churchyard About 12m South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- Tomb
- Address
- Meare Monument in the Churchyard About 12m South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary, Mary Tavy, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 509 787
- Coordinates
- 50.58922, -4.10727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Meare monument is a chest tomb located about 12 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary in Mary Tavy. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of granite. The tomb features a flat top with a square-cut edge and may have been reset on a later base. It has raised capital lettering carved around the border and additional lettering in the center, although not all of it is legible. The monument is dedicated to Mary, the wife of Roger Meare.
Local climate
Meare Monument in the Churchyard About 12m South of South Aisle 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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