Damerel Headstone Approximately 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Headstone.
Damerel Headstone Approximately 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- fossil-copper-autumn
- 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 652 944
- Coordinates
- 50.73439, -3.91026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1750, located approximately 5 metres north of the tower of the Church of St Andrew in South Tawton. It commemorates John Damerel and is made of granite. The upright, round-headed slab stands about 600mm high. The front features a simple incised frame and is inscribed with neat Roman serif lettering in both upper and lower case, detailing the death of John Damerel in 1750.
Local climate
Damerel Headstone Approximately 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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