James 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. Headstone.
James Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- spare-pilaster-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 667 907
- Coordinates
- 50.70112, -3.8883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated 1790, is located approximately 9 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Mary in Throwleigh. It commemorates John and Anne James. Made of granite, the upright slab features a low segmental head and stands about 900mm high. The front has a simple incised frame and is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, detailing the deaths of John James in 1788 and Anne James in 1790.
Local climate
James 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 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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