Crisp Headstone 1.5 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of St Maurice is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Headstone.
Crisp Headstone 1.5 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of St Maurice
- WRENN ID
- worn-bonework-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NU 106 194
- Coordinates
- 55.46882, -1.83346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located 1.5 metres south of the east end of the chancel of the Church of St. Maurice, dates back to 1722 and is made of sandstone. It features a gable-topped design with raised ornamentation along the edge and a sunk arched panel that is flanked by pilasters. The inscription commemorates Samual Crisp, son of Richard Crisp of Hedgely, and includes a verse that reflects on affliction and death:
"Affliction Sore with Patience Borne Physician was in Vain til Death Gave Ease When God Did please to Free him From his paine."
On the reverse side, there is a sunk triangular panel that displays a central stylised mask, accompanied by a death's head and crossed bones. This headstone represents an early version of a common rhyme found on memorials.
Local climate
Crisp Headstone 1.5 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of St Maurice receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 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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