Curry Headstone 3.5 Metres East of South-East Corner of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Headstone.

Curry Headstone 3.5 Metres East of South-East Corner of Parish Church

WRENN ID
haunted-slate-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1986
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
NY 928 577
Coordinates
54.91414, -2.11338
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone dating from 1775, located 3.5 metres east of the south-east corner of the parish church in Whitley Chapel, Hexhamshire. It is made of sandstone and features a swan-neck pedimented top with a central cherub above a crowned death's head, a scythe, a circled snake, an hourglass, and a row of books. The inscription below commemorates John Curry of Gairshield and is flanked by ornamental pilasters.

Local climate

Curry Headstone 3.5 Metres East of South-East Corner of Parish Church receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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