Vinicombe headstone about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Headstone.
Vinicombe headstone about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- other-stair-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Vinicombe headstone about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, EX5 5NU
- OS grid reference
- SS 924 021
- Coordinates
- 50.80918, -3.52732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vinicombe headstone, located about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, is a late 18th-century memorial made of slate. It is a very tall segmental-headed shouldered headstone, featuring a Greek key border and an urn carved in relief at the top. The inscription commemorates John Vinicombe, who died in 1790, along with other family members. The carving and lettering are of high quality, and the stone's unusually large size, measuring over 2 metres, makes it a particularly notable feature of the churchyard.
Local climate
Vinicombe headstone about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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