Helman Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South of Rolle Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Headstone.
Helman Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South of Rolle Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- wild-dormer-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 072 857
- Coordinates
- 50.66389, -3.31343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Helman headstone, located approximately 4 metres south of the Rolle Mausoleum, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1778 in memory of Thomas and Mary Helman. This headstone is made of limestone and features a broad upright slab that stands about 1.2 metres high, with a shaped head and a rebated frame. At the top, there is a carving of a cherub's head above a ribbon that bears a Biblical quote. Below this, a line is cut to depict two adjacent round-headed tablets, each with small architectural imposts. The inscriptions on these tablets include the first word in gothic lettering adorned with scrolls and flourishes, while the remainder uses Roman serif upper and lower case lettering to record the deaths of Thomas and Mary Helman, both of whom died in 1778. An elegy is inscribed across the bottom of the headstone.
Local climate
Helman Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South of Rolle Mausoleum receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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