Bucknell Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Simon and St Jude is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Headstone.
Bucknell Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Simon and St Jude
- WRENN ID
- lesser-hammer-moss
- 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 039 195
- Coordinates
- 50.96706, -3.36884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1725, located approximately 3 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Simon and St Jude. It commemorates Sarah Bucknell and is made of limestone. The headstone is an upright square-headed slab, standing about 750mm high. The front features a simple incised border and is inscribed in cursive script, recording the death of Sarah Bucknell in 1725.
Local climate
Bucknell Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Simon and St Jude receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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