Johnson Headstone 10 Metres South of Church of St Brandon is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Headstone.
Johnson Headstone 10 Metres South of Church of St Brandon
- WRENN ID
- errant-flagstone-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 224 376
- Coordinates
- 54.73358, -1.65277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Johnson headstone, located 10 metres south of the Church of St. Brandon, is a Grade II listed structure from 1799 commemorating Thomas Johnson. Made of sandstone, it stands 1.5 metres high and features a shaped top. The headstone has two sunk panels with low-relief carvings: a doctor's bag on the left and surgical instruments, including gloves, forceps, razors, and a saw, on the right. The inscription reads: "To the Memory of Thomas Johnson of This Parish who Died June The 29. Year 1799. Aged 75. What I was once some may relate What I am now is all Mens Fate What I shall be none can explain Till He that call'd doth call again."
Local climate
Johnson Headstone 10 Metres South of Church of St Brandon receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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