John Sheldon Headstone Immediately South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1989. Headstone.
John Sheldon Headstone Immediately South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- leaning-steel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- John Sheldon Headstone Immediately South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, Combe Raleigh
- OS grid reference
- ST 158 023
- Coordinates
- 50.81438, -3.19556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Sheldon headstone, located immediately southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of stone and features a segmental head and shoulders. The headstone commemorates John Sheldon Esq., who died in 1808 and was noted in Whites Devon as "the celebrated professor of anatomy in the Royal Academy." It is important to note that he is not buried in the churchyard, according to information from Miss Doidge.
Local climate
John Sheldon Headstone Immediately South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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