Dinning Headstone 2 Metres South of Church of St Mungo is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. Headstone.

Dinning Headstone 2 Metres South of Church of St Mungo

WRENN ID
broken-pilaster-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1987
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
NY 870 735
Coordinates
55.05631, -2.20365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone located 2 metres south of the Church of St. Mungo in Simonburn, dating from 1783 and commemorating John Dinning. It is made of sandstone and stands 1.75 metres tall. The headstone features a shaped top with a raised moulded border. In the sunk panel, there is a depiction of a be-wigged head above angel wings.

Local climate

Dinning Headstone 2 Metres South of Church of St Mungo receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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  2. Wall and Gate Piers Running South from the Rectory Grade II 43 m
  3. Garden Walls with Privy Wash House and Shed to East of the Rectory Grade II 52 m
  4. Lych Gate to Church of St Mungo Grade II 56 m
  5. War Memorial, Village Green Grade II 70 m
  6. The Rectory, Attached Archway and Rear Yard Walls with Outshuts Grade II 71 m
  7. Rectory Terrace Grade II 78 m
  8. The Tithe Barn Grade II 110 m
  9. Stewards House Grade II 117 m
  10. Simonburn Bridge Grade II 187 m