Speller Headstone Approximately 1 Metre East of the South Transept of the Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Headstone.
Speller Headstone Approximately 1 Metre East of the South Transept of the Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- tall-keystone-lichen
- 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 245 081
- Coordinates
- 50.86822, -3.07343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Speller headstone, located approximately 1 metre east of the south transept of the Church of St John, is a tall headstone dated 1783 in memory of Thomas Speller and his close relatives. Made of hamstone, this upright square-headed slab stands about 2.2 metres high. The front features an inscribed frame designed as a round-headed arched aedicule, supported by fluted columns with moulded bases and capitals. The arch is decorated with an egg and dart motif and has a fluted keystone. Sunbursts are present at both top corners. The inscription is crafted in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, including italics, and it commemorates the deaths of Thomas Speller in 1783, his wife Honor in 1794, and their son Abraham in 1805.
Local climate
Speller Headstone Approximately 1 Metre East of the South Transept of the Church of St John 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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