Spear Headstone Approximately 8 Metres South of Porch 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.
Spear Headstone Approximately 8 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Michael
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- 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
- 50.73235, -3.43347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1792, located approximately 8 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Michael in Clyst Honiton. Made of purple sandstone, the upright slab stands about 1 meter high and features a shaped top. An inscribed line outlines the stone and frames the inscription, which is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The inscription commemorates Samuel Spear, who died in 1792, his wife Susanna, who died in 1763, and also includes memorials for his daughter, who died in 1850, and his granddaughter, who died in 1828.
Local climate
Spear Headstone Approximately 8 Metres South of Porch 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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