Nicholson Headstone 3m West 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.
Nicholson Headstone 3m West of St Andrew's Church Porch
- WRENN ID
- outer-gable-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Nicholson Headstone 3m West of St Andrew's Church Porch, Hartburn
- OS grid reference
- NZ 090 860
- Coordinates
- 55.16828, -1.86014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nicholson headstone, dated 1747, is located 3 meters west of the porch of St. Andrew's Church in Hart Burn. It is made of sandstone and features a swan-necked pedimented top adorned with a large cherub above the inscription dedicated to Ann, the wife of William Nicholson. On the reverse side, there is a sunk panel flanked by pilasters, which encloses an hourglass above a death's head and crossbones.
Local climate
Nicholson Headstone 3m West 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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