2 Adjacent Flood Headstones Approximately 4 Metres South-East of the Chancel 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. Headstones.

2 Adjacent Flood Headstones Approximately 4 Metres South-East of the Chancel of the Church of St John

WRENN ID
crumbling-spindle-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1988
Type
Headstones
OS grid reference
ST 245 081
Coordinates
50.86821, -3.07323
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two adjacent Flood headstones located approximately 4 metres south-east of the chancel of the Church of St John. This pair of headstones commemorates members of the Flood family, with one dated 1752 and the other 1772. Both are made of Hamstone and stand about 1.6 metres high. The older headstone, situated to the north, features a shaped head with an hourglass flanked by winged cherub heads and scrolls. The panel below is framed with scrolled foliage and rosettes, and the inscription is divided into two columns by a tasselled cord, with the first word in Gothic lettering and the remainder in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. This headstone commemorates Charles Flood, who died in 1752, and his wife Mary Flood, whose death date is partially illegible. The southern headstone has a segmental-arched head, with a shallow relief carving of a vase and foliage at the top. Its inscription is also in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of John Flood in 1772 and his son Matthew, whose death date is illegible.

Local climate

2 Adjacent Flood Headstones Approximately 4 Metres South-East of the Chancel 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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