Hoyles Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Headstone.
Hoyles Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- broken-ember-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 646 486
- Coordinates
- 51.22051, -3.93951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hoyles headstone, located approximately 3 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Peter, is a headstone probably from the 18th century. It is made of slate and features a nowy-arched shape with a segmental shouldered head. The headstone has inscriptions on both sides, with a cherub's head decoration on the east face and an urn on the west face. The inscription on the west face commemorates John Hoyles, who died in 1843.
Local climate
Hoyles Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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