Wills Headstone Approximately 1.5 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. Headstone.
Wills Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- little-buttress-dock
- 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
- 50.9417, -3.31632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wills headstone, dated 1690, is located approximately 1.5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. This headstone is made of Hamstone and features an upright slab with an elliptical head, standing about 1.2 metres high. The front of the headstone has a sunken panel bordered on each side by carved guilloche. Below the head, there is a carving of a winged cherub's head, which is flanked by a skull and crossbones and an hourglass. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and commemorates the death of John Wills in 1690.
Local climate
Wills Headstone Approximately 1.5 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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