Group of Four Mid C18 Headstones 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.
Group of Four Mid C18 Headstones to South of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- far-pedestal-fern
- 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
- Address
- Group of Four Mid C18 Headstones to South of Church of St Andrew, Crown Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 217 284
- Coordinates
- 54.65065, -1.66426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group consists of four mid-18th century headstones located approximately 17 meters south and southwest of the transept of the Church of St Andrew.
The first headstone, about 9 meters south of the transept, commemorates John Adamson of Shildon, who died in 1757. It features a slab approximately 0.5 meters high with a shaped top. The second headstone, located about 5 meters south of the first, is dedicated to Stephen Wright of Byers Green, who died in the 1730s. This slab also stands at approximately 0.5 meters high and has a bracket top with large letters.
The third headstone, situated about 4 meters southeast of the first, honors Mary Wilkinson, who died in 1737. It has a slab approximately 0.5 meters high with an elaborately shaped top and spirals carved at the head. Lastly, the fourth headstone, located about 5 meters east-southeast of the first, is a slab approximately 0.5 meters high dedicated to a child. It features tooled sides and a richly-carved cherub's head on the reverse.
Local climate
Group of Four Mid C18 Headstones 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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