Handcock Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South West of Tower 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.
Handcock Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- distant-stone-pine
- 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
- 50.85359, -3.85072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Handcock headstone, dated 1808, is located approximately 15 metres south-west of the tower of the Church of St Matthew in Coldridge. This headstone commemorates John Handcock and members of his family. Made of slate, it features an upright, nowy-headed slab that stands about 1.2 metres high. The inscription begins with the word 'Sacred' in ornate Gothic letters, followed by upper and lower case Roman serif letters. It records the deaths of John Handcock (died 1808), his wife Grace (died 1783), and their grandchildren (died 1798). The head of the stone is adorned with charmingly crude bas-relief carving, which includes a central circle inscribed with a Biblical quote, flanked by relatively crude angel supporters.
Local climate
Handcock Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South West of Tower 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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