Baker Gravestone Circa 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Hieritha is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. Gravestone.
Baker Gravestone Circa 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Hieritha
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-gravel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SS 636 255
- Coordinates
- 51.01355, -3.94556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baker gravestone, located approximately 3 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Hieritha in Chittlehampton, dates from 1830. This Grade II listed twin headstone is made of slate and features a straight-headed design. It has twin incised arches with a verse around the top that reads, "Be ye therefore ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh." The left side of the gravestone is inscribed with the name of Margaret Baker, who died in 1830, while the right side commemorates John Baker, who died in 1838.
Local climate
Baker Gravestone Circa 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Hieritha 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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