Harris headstone about 5 metres south of porch of 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.
Harris headstone about 5 metres south of porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- lone-wattle-alder
- 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
- Harris headstone about 5 metres south of porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, EX5 5NU
- OS grid reference
- SS 924 021
- Coordinates
- 50.80901, -3.52755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harris headstone, located about 5 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, is a late 18th-century stone headstone. It features a shaped head and is roughly-dressed at the rear. The inscription on the front commemorates James Harris, who died in 1793.
Local climate
Harris headstone about 5 metres south of porch of 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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