2 Adjacent Brown Headstones Approximately 7 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. Headstones.
2 Adjacent Brown Headstones Approximately 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Winifred
- WRENN ID
- tired-buttress-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SY 195 884
- Coordinates
- 50.69016, -3.14018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two adjacent brown headstones located approximately 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Winifred. Both headstones date from the 18th century and commemorate members of the Brown family. They are made of Beerstone ashlar and feature upright slabs with concave corners.
The northern headstone stands about 700 millimetres high and has a moulded frame. At the top, there is a carved open book with a quotation, flanked by a skull and hourglass. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Ann Brown in 1762.
The southern headstone is approximately 600 millimetres high and features a round-headed frame with a carved winged cherub's head at the apex, flanked by ribbon scrolls. The inscription begins with Gothic lettering, followed by Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, and records the death of Reginius Brown in 1771.
Local climate
2 Adjacent Brown Headstones Approximately 7 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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