Row of 5 Boundary Stones is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Boundary stones.

Row of 5 Boundary Stones

WRENN ID
rusted-corner-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Boundary stones
Address
Row of 5 Boundary Stones, Thropton
OS grid reference
NU 047 057
Coordinates
55.34557, -1.92647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of five boundary stones, likely from the 18th century. They are made of sandstone and are rectangular flat-topped pillars, standing between 0.60 and 0.90 metres high. Each stone has incised Roman letters: an "L" on the north side and an "N" on the south side.

Local climate

Row of 5 Boundary Stones 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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