Lipton Headstone 8 Metres South-East of Porch of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Headstone.
Lipton Headstone 8 Metres South-East of Porch of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- muffled-wall-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 317 880
- Coordinates
- 55.18536, -1.50227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lipton headstone, located 8 metres south-east of the porch of the Church of St. Bartholomew, dates from 1799 and is made of sandstone. It features a shaped top with an oval eye, and the inscription is framed by a beaded and cabled surround. The inscription reads: 'Capt John Lipton of the George & Mary of Sunderland which was Wrecked upon Cresswell rocks in a Tremendous Tempest at S.E. on the Night of Friday the 5th April 1799'.
Local climate
Lipton Headstone 8 Metres South-East of Porch of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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