Mear Grave Slab Circa 7 Metres South-East of South Porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Grave slab.
Mear Grave Slab Circa 7 Metres South-East of South Porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- buried-moulding-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Grave slab
- OS grid reference
- SS 529 268
- Coordinates
- 51.02231, -4.09816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mear grave slab, located approximately 7 metres south-east of the south porch of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, dates from 1750. It is made of slate and has a rectangular shape. The inscription commemorates Susannah, the wife of Thomas Mear of Bideford, who died in 1750, along with Thomas Mear, who died in 1780, their son John, who died in 1781, and their daughter Hester, who died in 1782.
Local climate
Mear Grave Slab Circa 7 Metres South-East of South Porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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