Nicholson Headstone 17 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Headstone.
Nicholson Headstone 17 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- ragged-timber-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 260 817
- Coordinates
- 55.12981, -1.59293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nicholson headstone, dated 1741, is located 17 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Cuthbert in Bedlington. It is made of sandstone and features a segmental pedimented top adorned with a cherub on Ionic pilasters, which are decorated with grotesque masks and flowers. Above the inscription to Frances Nicholson, wife of James Nicholson, Mariner of North Blyth, there is a relief-carved hourglass and death's head. The inscription reads, "Grieve not for me at your return/The Will of God why should you mourn." The carving is of good quality, though somewhat decayed in parts.
Local climate
Nicholson Headstone 17 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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