Herding Monument and Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Monument.
Herding Monument and Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- secret-ledge-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Herding Monument and Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary, Sampford Spiney, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 534 724
- Coordinates
- 50.53353, -4.06934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Herding monument and an unidentified monument are located in the churchyard about 5 meters southeast of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary. The pair consists of two headstones: the Herding headstone, dating from the early 19th century, and an unidentified headstone from the late 18th century. Both are made of slate. The Herding headstone commemorates William Herding and is dated 1815. It features a segmental head and includes a valedictory verse, created by J. Toop and Son. The smaller unidentified headstone also has a segmental head and is adorned with a wavy-edged incised border, a cherub with stylised wings, and a six-line verse, but it lacks a dedication.
Local climate
Herding Monument and Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5m South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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