Horn Headstone, 5 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.
Horn Headstone, 5 Metres South of Church of St Romald
- WRENN ID
- third-lead-primrose
- 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
- 54.59417, -2.00895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horn headstone, located 5 metres south of the Church of St. Romald, is a large sandstone headstone dating from 1798. It commemorates Johnathon Horn of Brisco and his family. The headstone features a shaped top and a recessed circular panel that displays a relief of a draped urn. The reverse side is inscribed with a tribute: "IN TOKEN of esteem and Gratitude to an affectionate Father, this stone is erected to the Memory of the said JOHNATHON HORN, who by the innate vigour of his Genius improved by unwearied Application, acquired a Most extensive knowledge of the MATHEMATICS. His heart was endowed with every social and Manly virtue, and adorned with those qualities, which constitute an amiable character."
Local climate
Horn Headstone, 5 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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