Snowball Headstone Approx 10 Yards South of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Headstone.
Snowball Headstone Approx 10 Yards South of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- outer-sandstone-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 092 825
- Coordinates
- 55.13759, -1.85636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Snowball headstone, located approximately 10 yards south of the Church of St. Andrew, is a churchyard memorial dating from 1799 to John Snowball. It is made of sandstone and stands about 3 feet high. The headstone features a decorative and moulded top that includes an angel's head and wings framed by foliage. Below this, there is an inscription set in a raised oval panel with moulded edges.
Local climate
Snowball Headstone Approx 10 Yards South of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 81% 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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