Chicken Headstone 19m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Headstone.

Chicken Headstone 19m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church

WRENN ID
eastward-banister-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Headstone
Address
Chicken Headstone 19m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church, Hartburn
OS grid reference
NZ 090 859
Coordinates
55.16814, -1.85964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chicken headstone, located 19 meters south of the chancel of St. Andrew's Church, dates from 1723. It is made of sandstone and features a small stone with a depressed ogival top. The inscription commemorates Thomas Chicken. On the reverse side, there is a sunk square panel that displays a crossed spade and shovel with a mallet above.

Local climate

Chicken Headstone 19m South of Chancel of St Andrew's Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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