Palthridge Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Grave marker.
Palthridge Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tall-pediment-ochre
- 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
- Grave marker
- OS grid reference
- SX 619 934
- Coordinates
- 50.72439, -3.95774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1829, located approximately 9 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Mary in Belstone. It commemorates Anne Palthridge and is made of slate. The upright slab stands about 750mm high and features an unusually shaped head with a pattern of calligraphic-like flourishes. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, noting the death of Anne Palthridge in 1821. The back of the headstone is signed by N. Pearce.
Local climate
Palthridge Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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