Thornton Headstone 5m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Headstone.

Thornton Headstone 5m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church

WRENN ID
lesser-roof-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Headstone
Address
Thornton Headstone 5m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church, Hartburn
OS grid reference
NZ 090 860
Coordinates
55.16826, -1.85994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone located 5 meters south of the chancel of St. Andrew's Church in Hartburn, dating from 1765. It is made of sandstone and features a shaped coped top with a cherub above the inscription dedicated to Jane, the wife of Robert Thornton, and their son Luke.

Local climate

Thornton Headstone 5m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 80% 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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