Maria Palmer Headstone About 6 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Headstone.
Maria Palmer Headstone About 6 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- fallow-wattle-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 910 735
- Coordinates
- 50.55119, -3.53878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone commemorating Maria Palmer, located about 6 metres north of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist in Bishopsteignton. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of slate. The headstone is rectangular with concave corners and features reeded moulding. The inscription is well-lettered and honors Maria Palmer, who died in 1824.
Local climate
Maria Palmer Headstone About 6 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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