Clown Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Monument.
Clown Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tattered-keystone-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 020 952
- Coordinates
- 50.74853, -3.39017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1790, located approximately 9 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Mary in Rockbeare. It commemorates Charles Clown and is made of limestone. The upright slab stands about 1.1 metres high and features a wave-shaped head. The inscription is surrounded by a very low bas relief arch with fluted pilasters and moulded caps. The round arch includes a biblical quotation, and at the top is a florette. The word "sacred" is inscribed in Gothic script, while the rest of the text is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, noting the death of Charles Clown in 1790.
Local climate
Clown Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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