Pecardy Headstone Approximately 3 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.
Pecardy Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- proud-crypt-mist
- 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
- 50.94167, -3.3163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pecardy headstone, located approximately 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Burlescombe, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1772. This headstone commemorates William Pecardy and is made of local grey limestone. It features an upright slab with a rounded head, standing about 450mm high. The front of the headstone has an inscribed border that does not extend around the head. The inscription is crafted in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of William Pecardy in 1772.
Local climate
Pecardy Headstone Approximately 3 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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