Harry Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South-South-East of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Headstone.
Harry Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South-South-East of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- white-corner-ivory
- 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 202 075
- Coordinates
- 50.86167, -3.13512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harry headstone, located approximately 10 metres south-south-east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1701 in memory of Robert Harry. This headstone is made of limestone and features an upright square-headed slab that stands about 900mm tall. The top of the inscription is adorned with a carved skull and is surrounded by decorative scrollwork in a calligraphic style. The inscription itself uses Roman serif lettering in both upper and lower case to commemorate the death of Robert Harry in 1701.
Local climate
Harry Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South-South-East of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Harlor Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary
- 2 Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of South East Angle of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 3 Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- 4 Headstone Approximately 10 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 5 Headstone Approximately 35 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Mary
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings