Townsend Headstone Approximately 45 Metres North-West of North Aisle 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.
Townsend Headstone Approximately 45 Metres North-West of North Aisle of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- ancient-porch-candle
- 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 652 945
- Coordinates
- 50.7347, -3.91059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townsend headstone, dated 1722, is located approximately 45 metres north-west of the north aisle of the Church of St Andrew in South Tawton. This headstone is made of granite and features an upright slab that stands about 600mm high with a low elliptical head. The front of the headstone has a simple incised border and is inscribed with neat Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of John Townsend in 1722.
Local climate
Townsend Headstone Approximately 45 Metres North-West of North Aisle 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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