Braddick Headstone Approximately 2.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Winifred is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Headstone.
Braddick Headstone Approximately 2.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Winifred
- WRENN ID
- iron-loggia-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 195 884
- Coordinates
- 50.6901, -3.14016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Braddick headstone, dated 1673, is located approximately 2.5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Winifred in Branscombe. This headstone is made of Beerstone ashlar and features an upright square-headed slab that stands about 550 millimetres high. The front of the headstone is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, predominantly in capitals. It commemorates the death of Joseph Braddick in 1673, with a charming epitaph noting that he died suddenly while shearing sheep, suggesting that death treated him as abruptly as he treated his sheep.
Local climate
Braddick Headstone Approximately 2.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Winifred receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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