Richards Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner 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.
Richards Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- former-gallery-bramble
- 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
- 51.22062, -3.93936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Richards headstone, located approximately 3 metres north of the northeast corner of the chancel of the Church of St Peter, dates from 1848 and was created by Watts. It is made of slate and features a straight-headed design. The headstone displays a cherub's bust at the center, flanked by floriated decoration above the inscription dedicated to Eliza Richards, who passed away in 1848.
Local climate
Richards Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner 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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