Two Headstones Approximately 16 Metres to South of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1994. Headstone.
Two Headstones Approximately 16 Metres to South of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- cold-frieze-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1994
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 217 284
- Coordinates
- 54.65059, -1.66456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones are located approximately 16 metres south of the Church of St Andrew. They date from 1725 and 1743 and are made of sandstone, each about 0.5 metres high. The southern headstone has a shaped top and features a partly eroded inscription dated 1725. The northern headstone is of the same size, with a small raised segment at the centre of its straight top, and bears an inscription commemorating Simon Richeley, who died in 1743.
Local climate
Two Headstones Approximately 16 Metres to South of Church of St Andrew 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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