Cast Iron Headstone About 12 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Headstone.
Cast Iron Headstone About 12 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 772 075
- Coordinates
- 50.85398, -3.74466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cast iron headstone from the mid-19th century, located about 12 meters north-west of the west tower of the Church of St Mary in Morchard Bishop. The headstone features a Gothick design, with an upright structure that includes a central panel shaped like a Tudor arch, topped with a plain cross. It is flanked by narrow panels that are pointed arch-headed. The panels are sunken, and the hollow-chamfered frame has cusps that create trefoil heads. The main panel bears the inscription 'Sacred to the memory of', although the two iron memorial plaques that were once present are no longer there.
Local climate
Cast Iron Headstone About 12 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St Mary receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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