Pair of Gibson Headstones C.6m South-East of St Andrew's Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Headstone.
Pair of Gibson Headstones C.6m South-East of St Andrew's Church Porch
- WRENN ID
- tilted-bronze-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Pair of Gibson Headstones C.6m South-East of St Andrew's Church Porch, Hartburn
- OS grid reference
- NZ 090 860
- Coordinates
- 55.16824, -1.86
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of Gibson headstones located approximately 6 meters southeast of the porch of St. Andrew's Church. The headstones date from 1695 and 1749 and are made of sandstone. The northern headstone features a scrolled gabled top with a sunk panel that contains a large cherub. It includes inscriptions for George Gibson, who died in 1749, among others. On the reverse side, Ionic pilasters flank a panel that displays a death's head on an hourglass, positioned above crossbones.
Local climate
Pair of Gibson Headstones C.6m South-East of St Andrew's Church Porch 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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