Bolt Headstone Approximately 10 Metres East North East of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Headstone.
Bolt Headstone Approximately 10 Metres East North East of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- haunted-gateway-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 736 908
- Coordinates
- 50.70364, -3.7902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1836, located approximately 10 metres east-north-east of the chancel of the Church of Holy Trinity in Drewsteignton. It commemorates John Bolt and is made of slate. The upright slab stands about 1.8 metres high and features a shaped, round-headed top with acroteria. The head of the stone is adorned with a carved urn, and the acroteria are designed as flames. The inscription is framed in a rectangular border with sunbursts in the top corners, and below a carved scroll motif, it notes the death of John Bolt in 1836.
Local climate
Bolt Headstone Approximately 10 Metres East North East of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity 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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