Andrew Headstone Approximately 12 Metres North-East of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Headstone.

Andrew Headstone Approximately 12 Metres North-East of Church

WRENN ID
pitched-cornice-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SX 560 676
Coordinates
50.49097, -4.0309
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Andrew headstone, dated 1754, is located approximately 12 metres north-east of the church in Sheepstor. It is made of slate and features a pronounced nowy head. The headstone is adorned with a carved skeleton holding a spear and an hourglass, with two skulls positioned below. A rhyming epitaph suggests that John Andrew was blind.

Local climate

Andrew Headstone Approximately 12 Metres North-East of Church receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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