Squance Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Headstone.
Squance Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sombre-hinge-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 989 935
- Coordinates
- 50.73239, -3.43326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Squance Headstone is located approximately 9 metres south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Michael. This headstone, dated 1799, commemorates Elizabeth Squance. It is made of limestone and stands about 0.6 metres high, featuring a head shaped like a bifurcated scroll. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, noting the death of Elizabeth Squance in 1799 and mentioning her first husband, Richard Arscott, although the date of his death is not visible.
Local climate
Squance Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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