Groves Headstone 4 Metres South West of Vestry of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Groves Headstone 4 Metres South West of Vestry of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- narrow-chimney-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NU 248 173
- Coordinates
- 55.44971, -1.60853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from 1770, is located 4 metres southwest of the vestry of the Church of St. Michael in Longhoughton. It is made of sandstone and features a trefoiled top that encloses a sunk panel. Above the panel, there is a cherub above large crossed bones, with an hourglass flanked by flowers beneath the inscription dedicated to James Groves.
Local climate
Groves Headstone 4 Metres South West of Vestry of Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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