Hooper Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Headstone.
Hooper Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- hidden-foundation-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 698 076
- Coordinates
- 50.85354, -3.85035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located approximately 6 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St Matthew in Coldridge. It dates from around 1837 and commemorates two young brothers, both named Rowland Hooper, and is signed by Howell. The headstone is an upright, square-headed slab that stands about 1.2 meters high. It features a three-line frame, within which the inscription is presented in upper and lower case Roman serif letters, recording the death of the first Rowland in 1833 and the second in 1837.
Local climate
Hooper Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Matthew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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