Richards Headstone Approximately 15 Metres North-West of Newhouse Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Headstone.
Richards Headstone Approximately 15 Metres North-West of Newhouse Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- twisted-bastion-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 196 099
- Coordinates
- 50.88375, -3.14356
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richards headstone, located approximately 15 metres north-west of Newhouse Baptist Church, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1778 in memory of Mary Richards. It is made of hamstone and features an upright slab that stands about 1.2 metres high. The head of the stone is shaped and intricately carved with scrolls on either side of a winged cherub's head. Below this, a rectangular panel is framed with floral motifs. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of Mary Richards in 1778.
Local climate
Richards Headstone Approximately 15 Metres North-West of Newhouse Baptist Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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