Headstone with Winged Skull, 7 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.
Headstone with Winged Skull, 7 Metres South of Church of St Romald
- WRENN ID
- weathered-passage-oak
- 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
- 54.59416, -2.00894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century sandstone headstone located 7 metres south of the Church of St. Romald. It features a small size with a semicircular top and a central panel that is illegible, flanked by fluted pilasters. The top of the headstone has a raised edge and displays a very bold relief of a winged skull.
Local climate
Headstone with Winged Skull, 7 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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