The Stob Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Standing stone.
The Stob Stone
- WRENN ID
- cold-step-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1969
- Type
- Standing stone
- Address
- The Stob Stone, Matfen
- OS grid reference
- NZ 033 704
- Coordinates
- 55.02858, -1.94945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stob Stone is a prehistoric standing stone made of sandstone, approximately 7 feet high. It is part of a group that includes a farmhouse and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
The Stob Stone 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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