Headstone and Railings in the Churchyard About 9m North of the Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Headstone and railings.
Headstone and Railings in the Churchyard About 9m North of the Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-render-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Headstone and railings
- Address
- Headstone and Railings in the Churchyard About 9m North of the Chancel of Church of St Mary, Mary Tavy, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 509 787
- Coordinates
- 50.58957, -4.10734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone and railings located in the churchyard about 9 meters north of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dating from the late 19th century. The headstone is made of limestone and commemorates Thomas Richards, who died in 1885, along with other family members. The railings are made of cast iron and sit on a chamfered granite plinth. They feature an arcaded design with fleur de lys finials, foliate tops and bases on fluted rails, and knob finials at the corners.
Local climate
Headstone and Railings in the Churchyard About 9m North of the Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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