Illegible Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Illegible Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- odd-threshold-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 701 874
- Coordinates
- 50.67248, -3.83915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located approximately 7 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Chagford. It dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century and is made of granite ashlar. The headstone is an upright slab with a segmental head, standing about 450mm high. The front features a sunken panel that contains a stylised winged cherub's head in low relief. The lettering on the headstone is worn and barely legible, with only the name "John" discernible; the surname and date are either illegible or obscured.
Local climate
Illegible Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael 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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