Coss Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Headstone.
Coss Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- gilded-steel-indigo
- 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
- SY 020 952
- Coordinates
- 50.74856, -3.39016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Coss Headstone, located approximately 2 metres south-east of the porch of the Church of St. Mary, is a headstone dated 1789 in memory of Alexander and Mary Ann Coss. The upright slab stands about 0.9 metres high and features a shaped head. It is inscribed with upper and lower case Roman serif lettering, recording the deaths of Alexander Coss, who died at the age of 3 in 1789, and his 1 month old sister Mary Ann, the children of Thomas and Mary Coss. The inscription includes a biblical quotation.
Local climate
Coss Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary 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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