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
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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