Gravestones to Head and Foot of Rattenbury Grave Circa 10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Gravestone.
Gravestones to Head and Foot of Rattenbury Grave Circa 10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- guardian-banister-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SS 668 486
- Coordinates
- 51.22139, -3.90874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of gravestones located approximately 10 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Martin, dating from 1783. They are made of slate and feature a nowy-arched design. The headstone includes a bust of an angel at the top, while the footstone depicts an angel blowing a trumpet. The gravestones commemorate John Rattenbury, who died in 1783.
Local climate
Gravestones to Head and Foot of Rattenbury Grave Circa 10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Martin 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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