Willcox Headstone Approximately 24 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Headstone.
Willcox Headstone Approximately 24 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- turning-cloister-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 037 919
- Coordinates
- 50.71945, -3.36428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willcox headstone, dated 1776, is located approximately 24 metres north-east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Aylesbeare. It is a limestone upright slab that stands about 700 mm high and features a shaped head. The headstone has an inscribed line border that transitions into low relief scrolls on either side of a rosette at the top. The inscription, which is in upper and lower case Roman serif lettering, commemorates the death of Humphrey Willcox in 1776. This headstone has been repositioned.
Local climate
Willcox Headstone Approximately 24 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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