Batstone Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South-East of the South Transept of the Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Headstone.
Batstone Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South-East of the South Transept of the Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- far-finial-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 245 081
- Coordinates
- 50.86811, -3.07333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Batstone headstone is located approximately 6 metres south-east of the south transept of the Church of St John. This small headstone, dated 1758, commemorates Sarah Batstone. It is made of hamstone and stands about 450mm high. The headstone features a segmental arched top with a carving of a winged cherub's head. Below this, there is a plain frame surrounding the inscription. The first word of the inscription is in Gothic lettering, while the remainder is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, noting the death of Sarah Batstone in 1758.
Local climate
Batstone Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South-East of the South Transept of the Church of St John receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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