Hitchcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. A C17 Headstone.
Hitchcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- floating-eave-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 076 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94158, -3.31621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hitchcock headstone, located approximately 12 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is likely from the 17th century and commemorates Nicholas Hitchcock. It is made of local grey limestone and features an upright square-headed slab that stands about 600mm high. The front of the headstone is inscribed in plain bold capitals, noting the death of Nicholas Hitchcock, although the date of his death is not visible.
Local climate
Hitchcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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