Monument to William Wingfield Yates is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Memorial.
Monument to William Wingfield Yates
- WRENN ID
- riven-vestry-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Monument to William Wingfield Yates, Holne, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 706 695
- Coordinates
- 50.51118, -3.82634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Wingfield Yates is a memorial stone dating from around 1858. It takes the form of a small granite obelisk set on a chamfered granite plinth. The inscription reads, "Erected by the inhabitants of the Parish to perpetuate the memory of Wm Wingfield Yates who died at Holne Cott the 28th day of February 1857."
Local climate
Monument to William Wingfield Yates receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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