Headstone to Thomas Hanby, 1 Metre South of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Headstone.
Headstone to Thomas Hanby, 1 Metre South of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- tattered-bonework-alder
- 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 992 135
- Coordinates
- 54.51684, -2.0126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone to Thomas Hanby, located 1 metre south of the Church of St. Giles, dates from 1760 and is made of sandstone. It features a small size with a stepped top that has rounded corners, adorned with raised interlacing scrolls. The border consists of linked ovals and paterae framing the inscription, which reads: "Thomas Hanby of Gilmonby died Jan the 20. 1760 aged 66."
Local climate
Headstone to Thomas Hanby, 1 Metre South of Church of St Giles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Hanlon and Hepple Headstones 12m East of St Andrew's Church
- 2 Memorial to Thomas Giles 10 Metres South of Church of St John the Baptist
- 3 Bayly Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
- 4 Group of Six Headstones Immediately to West of South Porch of Church of St Giles
- 5 Headstones in Churchyard of Church of St Giles, West of Tower
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