White Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Headstone.
White Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- patient-sandstone-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 214 993
- Coordinates
- 50.78798, -3.11637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1794, located approximately 3 metres north of the tower of the Church of St Cuthbert in Widworthy. It commemorates John White and is made of beerstone. The upright slab stands about 1.2 metres high and features a shaped head with scrolls at each corner. The top of the front is adorned with a carved winged cherub, and below this is a fielded panel. The inscription begins with the first word in Gothic lettering, while the remainder is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of John White in 1794.
Local climate
White Headstone Approximately 3 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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