Samuel and Joan Friend Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South East of St Petrock is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Headstone.
Samuel and Joan Friend Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South East of St Petrock
- WRENN ID
- winding-newel-quill
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 509 847
- Coordinates
- 50.64317, -4.10987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1754 and 1759, located approximately 1 metre south-east of St Petrock in Lydford. It commemorates Samuel and Joan, the son and daughter of Richard Friend, who died at the ages of 2 and 8 months, respectively. The headstone features a nowy head carved with a crude angel blowing a trumpet.
Local climate
Samuel and Joan Friend Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South East of St Petrock 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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