Sampson Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South-East of Vestry of Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Sampson Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South-East of Vestry of Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- grey-storey-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 670 883
- Coordinates
- 50.6798, -3.88286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sampson headstone, erected in 1940, is located approximately 2 metres south-east of the vestry of the Church of the Holy Trinity. It commemorates William and Eva Sampson and incorporates a likely 15th-century cross. Made of granite, the headstone features a complete medieval cross that is a plain Latin cross, standing about 1.5 metres high with a tapering shaft. The corners of the cross are chamfered, and it has pyramid stops. The inscribed square socket stone notes the death of William Sampson in 1940 and his wife Eva in 1934. The couple lived at Greenaway Farm, the original location of the cross.
Local climate
Sampson Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South-East of Vestry of Church of the Holy Trinity 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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