Group of 4 Headstones Adjacent to East End of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. A C18 and C19 Grave markers.
Group of 4 Headstones Adjacent to East End of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Grave markers
- OS grid reference
- NY 933 657
- Coordinates
- 54.98597, -2.1058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four headstones from the 18th and 19th centuries is located adjacent to the east end of the Church of St. John. They are made of sandstone and are arranged from north to south. The first headstone commemorates Anthony Lightly of Plaintrees House, dated 1763, featuring a shaped top with a relief cherub. The second headstone is for Edward Lightly of Plaintrees, dated 1791, also with a shaped top and a decorative border, along with a cherub above a recumbent hourglass flanked by books and a self-swallowing serpent over a scythe. The third headstone honors Michael Scott, dated 1823, with a shaped top. The final headstone is for Anthony Johnson of Plaintrees, dated 1854, which has a shaped top featuring a figure with a nimbus opening a book.
Local climate
Group of 4 Headstones Adjacent to East End of Church of St John receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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