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

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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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