Clark Memorial Tablet Attached to North East Corner of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1993. Memorial.
Clark Memorial Tablet Attached to North East Corner of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- errant-plinth-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1993
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SS 454 264
- Coordinates
- 51.01637, -4.20537
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clark Memorial tablet is attached to the outer wall of the north chancel chapel of the Church of St Mary in Bideford. It commemorates Captain Henry Clark, who died in 1836. The tablet is made from a single piece of slate and features an incised drawing of a single-masted ship in full sail, along with the inscription:
"A TRIBUTE To the Memory of CAPTAIN HENRY CLARK, of this Town, Who Departed this Life 28th April 1836, Aged 61 years. Our worthy FRIEND who lies beneath this Stone, Was Master of a Vessel all his own; Houses and lands had he and GOLD in store, He spent the whole, and would if ten times more. For Twenty Years he scarce slept in a BED, Linhays and Limekilns lull'd his weary head, Because he would not to the Poorhouse go, For his proud Spirit would not let him to. The Blackbird's whistling Notes at Break of Day, Used to awake him from his BED of HAY, Unto the Bridge and Quay he then REPAIR'D, To see what SHIPPING up the River Steer'd. OFT in the week he used to VIEW the Bay, To see what SHIPS were coming in from Sea, To Captains wives he brought the welcome News, And to the Relatives of all their CREWS. At last poor HARRY CLARK was taken ill, And carried to the Workhouse 'gainst his Will, But being of this mortal Life quite tired, He liv'd about a month and then expired."
The tablet was erected by public subscription.
Local climate
Clark Memorial Tablet Attached to North East Corner of Church of St 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Clark Monument 2 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- 2 Clark Headstone Circa 5 Metres South-West of South Porch of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- 3 Clark Tomb Circa 15 Metres South of West End of Church of St Michael
- 4 Clark Monument About 40 Yards South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalen
- 5 Tomb of William Clarkson
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings