Clark Headstone Circa 5 Metres South-West 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. Headstone.
Clark Headstone Circa 5 Metres South-West of South Porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- riven-kitchen-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 529 268
- Coordinates
- 51.02235, -4.09844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clark Headstone, located approximately 5 metres south-west of the south porch of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, dates from 1831. It is made of slate and features a straight-headed design with scalloped decoration at the corners. The headstone is inscribed with the verses "Blessed are the dead/who die in the Lord" and commemorates Elizabeth, the wife of John Clark Jun., who died in 1831. Below her name, there is an additional verse that reads, "Weep not for me my Husband dear Nor fret within your breast etc."
Local climate
Clark Headstone Circa 5 Metres South-West 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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