2 Oades Headstones Approximately 15 Metres 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.
2 Oades Headstones Approximately 15 Metres West of North Aisle of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- floating-rood-rook
- 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
- 50.73429, -3.91054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of headstones located approximately 15 meters west of the north aisle of the Church of St. Andrew in South Tawton. One headstone is dated 1702, and the other is from 1772, both commemorating members of the Oades family.
The left headstone is a double headstone made of granite, standing about 350 millimeters high. Each half features a round top with an inscribed geometric design resembling a pair of eyes. It has large upper and lower case lettering that records the deaths of Thomas and Elizabeth Oades in 1701 and 1702.
The right headstone is taller, standing approximately 550 millimeters high, with a segmental top. It has a simple incised border and an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, which notes the death of Deborah Oades in 1772.
Local climate
2 Oades Headstones Approximately 15 Metres 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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