Sayer Headstone, 10 Metres South of Church of St Romald is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Headstone.
Sayer Headstone, 10 Metres South of Church of St Romald
- WRENN ID
- gentle-turret-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 995 221
- Coordinates
- 54.59411, -2.00883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sayer headstone, located 10 metres south of the Church of St. Romald, is a small sandstone headstone dating from 1759. It commemorates George Sayer. The headstone features an overhanging top above a wide cornice, adorned with a series of six diminishing scrolls. The inscription reads: "Here lies the Body of George the son of George and Isabel Sayer who died April ye 5th 1759 in the 4th year of his age."
Local climate
Sayer Headstone, 10 Metres South of Church of St Romald sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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