Churchyard Retaining Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Wall.

Churchyard Retaining Wall

WRENN ID
tilted-crypt-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Wall
Address
Churchyard Retaining Wall, Peter Tavy, West Devon
OS grid reference
SX 513 777
Coordinates
50.5804, -4.10157
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard retaining wall in Peter Tavy is likely to contain some fabric from the 17th century, although it may have been rebuilt at some point. It is constructed from stone rubble and features chamfered granite coping stones.

Local climate

Churchyard Retaining Wall 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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