Heslop Gravestone in Walled Garden, 10 Metres from East Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Gravestone.
Heslop Gravestone in Walled Garden, 10 Metres from East Wall
- WRENN ID
- frozen-grate-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- NY 937 651
- Coordinates
- 54.98101, -2.0999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Heslop gravestone, located in a walled garden 10 metres from the east wall, is a recumbent ledger slab dating from 1655. It is made of limestone and features an incised inscription that reads: "HIC IACET GEORGIVS HESLOPE QUONDAM DOMINVS DE HERMITAGE QVI OBIIT 15 IAN ANNO. DOM 1655." George Heslop was one of the earliest Baptists in the area, belonging to a congregation that first met in Hexham Priory in 1652.
Local climate
Heslop Gravestone in Walled Garden, 10 Metres from East Wall receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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