Cook, Hepple, Steel, Renwick and Crow Headstones Approx 2-8 Yards South of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Headstones.
Cook, Hepple, Steel, Renwick and Crow Headstones Approx 2-8 Yards South of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cloister-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Cook, Hepple, Steel, Renwick and Crow Headstones Approx 2-8 Yards South of Church of St Andrew, Belsay
- OS grid reference
- NZ 092 825
- Coordinates
- 55.13758, -1.8565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of six headstones made of sandstone, located approximately 2 to 8 yards south of the Church of St Andrew.
From right to left, the headstones are as follows:
1) Ruth Cook, dated 1793, features a scrolled pedimented top with a well-carved angel and an inscription in a finely-moulded oval panel.
2) Ruth Hepple, dated 1786, has a scrolled pedimented top that frames a shell and a memento mori.
3) Michael Cook, dated 1784, displays an arched top that is elaborately and finely carved with an angel, festoons, and foliage.
4) Margaret Steel, from the 18th century, has an elaborately shaped top with a memento mori.
5) Paul Renwick, dated 1757, features an arched top with an angel's head.
6) John Crow, dated 1765, has a shaped top with an angel framed by curtains, accompanied by good lettering.
Local climate
Cook, Hepple, Steel, Renwick and Crow Headstones Approx 2-8 Yards South of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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