Carder Headstone Against West Wall of South Transept Circa 3 Metres South of South Wall of Nave of Church of St John Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. A Late C18 Monument.
Carder Headstone Against West Wall of South Transept Circa 3 Metres South of South Wall of Nave of Church of St John Baptist
- WRENN ID
- silver-bracket-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 479 309
- Coordinates
- 51.05799, -4.17073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carder headstone is located against the west wall of the south transept, approximately 3 metres south of the south wall of the nave of the Church of St John Baptist in Instow. This headstone dates from the late 18th century and is made of slate. It features a scrolling foliated design above the inscription, which reads: "Here Lieth interred the Body of Andrew Carder Mariner of the Parish who departed this Life the 9th Day of Feb 1764 aged 65 years. Also Grace his wife died 5th Sept 1788."
Local climate
Carder Headstone Against West Wall of South Transept Circa 3 Metres South of South Wall of Nave of Church of St John Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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