Donkin and Aitken Headstones and 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Donkin and Aitken Headstones and 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-attic-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NU 236 116
- Coordinates
- 55.39859, -1.62757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Donkin and Aitken headstones, located 14 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Lesbury, date from the late 18th century and are made of sandstone. The southern headstone features a lobed top with carved cherubs and a flower border surrounding a shaped panel that includes an inscription for Arthur Donkin, who died in 1779, and Grace Donkin, who died in 1800. This stone displays good quality carving and is well preserved. The northern headstone has a shaped top adorned with carved urns and foliage above the inscription for Sarah Aitken, the wife of Thomas Aitken of Alnmouth, who died in 1795.
Local climate
Donkin and Aitken Headstones and 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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