Ching Slate Slab Approximately 9 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Headstone.
Ching Slate Slab Approximately 9 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Paul
- WRENN ID
- watchful-slate-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 662 280
- Coordinates
- 51.03605, -3.9088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a slate slab located approximately 9 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Paul in Filleigh. It dates from 1743 and features decorative motifs at the head and a winged skull at the base, which holds a scroll inscribed with the words "Remember Death." The slab commemorates Katherine Ching, who died in 1743.
Local climate
Ching Slate Slab Approximately 9 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Paul 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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