Loriam Headstone Approximately 4 Metres West of the Tower 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. A C17 Headstone.
Loriam Headstone Approximately 4 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- distant-minaret-bistre
- 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 245 082
- Coordinates
- 50.86845, -3.07377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loriam headstone, dated 1674, is located approximately 4 metres west of the tower of the Church of St John in Yarcombe. This small headstone is made of limestone and stands about 400 millimetres high. It features a square head with a round-headed arch at the top, which is decorated with scrolls and supported by moulded corbels. Below the arch, the inscription is carved in crude Gothic lettering, commemorating the death of Ellinor Loriam in 1674.
Local climate
Loriam Headstone Approximately 4 Metres West of the Tower 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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