Boundary Stone at Dead Friar is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Boundary stone.

Boundary Stone at Dead Friar

WRENN ID
hallowed-lancet-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Boundary stone
Address
Boundary Stone at Dead Friar, B6278, Hunstanworth
OS grid reference
NY 972 451
Coordinates
54.80162, -2.04486
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary stone at Dead Friar is an early 19th-century sandstone slab, approximately 60 cm high, featuring a rounded top. It has the initials "C T" incised in simple Roman capitals, which may refer to the Crewe Trustees.

Local climate

Boundary Stone at Dead Friar receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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