Green, Brown, Bates and Twizell Headstones Approximately 5 Yards South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Headstones.
Green, Brown, Bates and Twizell Headstones Approximately 5 Yards South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-lantern-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- NZ 076 719
- Coordinates
- 55.04242, -1.8816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Green, Brown, Bates, and Twizell headstones are a group of four sandstone headstones located approximately 5 yards south of the Church of St. Mary in Stamfordham.
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The headstone for George and Mary Green and their family dates from 1796 and features a scrolled pedimented top, which is carved with an angel, foliage, and a memento mori.
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The headstone for George Brown, from 1756, also has a scrolled pedimented top, with angels in the corners and an inscription within a cartouche.
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Robert Bates' headstone, dating to 1753, includes a scrolled pedimented top adorned with symbols of death and eternity, along with an elaborately-moulded cartouche.
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Lastly, the headstone for Thomas Twizell, from 1788, features a scrolled pedimented top decorated with cherubs, festoons, and a memento mori.
Local climate
Green, Brown, Bates and Twizell Headstones Approximately 5 Yards South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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