Thorne Memorial Approximately 26 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Tomb.
Thorne Memorial Approximately 26 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- twisted-gateway-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 736 299
- Coordinates
- 51.05471, -3.80369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thorne memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 26 metres south of the chancel of the Church of All Saints in North Molton. It dates from 1777 and 1821 and is made of sandstone. The tomb features a moulded cornice on its flat top. The west side bears an inscription dedicated to Michael Thorne, who died on 7th January 1777 at the age of 71, and his wife, Mary. The north side has an inscription for Joseph Thorne, who died on 11th May 1821 at the age of 69, and his wife, Mary. The south side includes a poetic inscription that reads: "Two tender Parents in one Grave lie) / Whose chiefest care in life was Heaven to Gain./Hence they the Peaceful Paths of Virtue trod:/And with united fervour serv'd their God. To follow them - their Offspring Try/And learn like them to live to live like them to Die."
Local climate
Thorne Memorial Approximately 26 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of All Saints sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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