Row of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard About 4m South of South Transept 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. Monuments.

Row of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard About 4m South of South Transept of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
graven-niche-plover
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
Monuments
Address
Row of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard About 4m South of South Transept of Church of St Mary, Mary Tavy, West Devon
OS grid reference
SX 509 787
Coordinates
50.58928, -4.10734
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of three headstones located in the churchyard about 4 meters south of the south transept of the Church of St Mary. They date from the 18th century and are made of slate. The first headstone is for John Williams, dated 1766, featuring a stepped, swept, and nowy-headed top with an inscription that includes a couplet. The second headstone is for Elizabeth Holmes, dated 1785, which has a nowy-headed and stepped top adorned with a cherub's head and wings, along with an incised border that contains a quatrain. The third headstone is for Mary Friend, dated 1787, also with a nowy-headed design, an incised border, and a cherub's head and wings, featuring an inscription with a valedictory quatrain.

Local climate

Row of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard About 4m South of South Transept 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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