Snow Headstone Approximately 17 Metres to East South East of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Headstone.
Snow Headstone Approximately 17 Metres to East South East of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 808 283
- Coordinates
- 51.04237, -3.70132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Snow headstone, located approximately 17 metres to the east-south-east of the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1766, with probable restoration in the early 19th century. This headstone is made of sandstone and features bevelled corners, enclosed within a larger 19th-century segmental-headed tooled sandstone frame. The inscription reads: "Here Lieth in hops of a joy/ful Resurrection the Body of Wilmet the Wife of/THOMAS SNOW of this/parish who Departed this Life/the 13 day of December 1766/Aged 59 years./ Pity Nor Sorrow for me take Love/Another for my Sake". The head of the stone has a lightly carved banner inscription that says "Reedeem the Time" on the left, with an illegible inscription on the right, and a central winged cherub's head. At the rear, there is a small chamfered rectangular opening in the 19th-century frame that reveals the inscribed name of the 18th-century mason: "JOHN SNOW".
Local climate
Snow Headstone Approximately 17 Metres to East South East of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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