Group of 2 Escott Family Headstones and One Unidentified Headstone, in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South-East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Headstone.
Group of 2 Escott Family Headstones and One Unidentified Headstone, in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South-East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- keen-baluster-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 009 426
- Coordinates
- 51.17442, -3.41827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a group of three headstones located in the churchyard about 10 metres south-east of the chancel at the Church of St John the Baptist. The headstones date from the late 17th century to early 18th century and are made of Doulting stone, standing approximately 500mm above ground.
Two of the headstones belong to the Escott family and are similar in design, featuring moulded pilasters that support a cambered rope frieze, topped with a skull and flanked by flowers. One headstone is dated 1697 and the other 1695, inscribed with the initials R E(scott) and S E(scott). The third headstone is square-headed, standing 540mm above ground, and has a moulded surround with a semi-circular headed centerpiece, though the inscription is not legible. This headstone likely commemorates another member of the Escott family, who are also interred in the nearby Richard Escott chest tomb.
Local climate
Group of 2 Escott Family Headstones and One Unidentified Headstone, in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South-East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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