Penny Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of Aisle of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Headstone.
Penny Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of Aisle of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- proud-jade-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 081 871
- Coordinates
- 50.67698, -3.3012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone located approximately 3 metres north of the aisle of the Church of St John in Colaton Raleigh is a Grade II listed structure dated 1777. It commemorates John and Frances Penny. Made of limestone, the upright slab stands about 1 metre high and features a shaped head. At the top, there is a sunken panel with a bifurcated scroll that follows the outline of the head. The inscription is neatly carved in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of John Penny in 1736 and his wife Frances in 1777.
Local climate
Penny Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of Aisle of Church of St John receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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