Ward Headstone 12 Metres South-West of Door of Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Headstone.
Ward Headstone 12 Metres South-West of Door of Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- silent-thatch-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 966 503
- Coordinates
- 54.84838, -2.05439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 12 metres south-west of the door of the Church of St. Mary in Blanchland. It dates from 1748 and is made of sandstone. The stone is small with a crudely-shaped top and features an incised inscription dedicated to An Ward, which is misspelled and has some letters reversed. The headstone is signed with the initials IW, which also appear on several buildings in the village, showcasing rural vernacular masoncraft.
Local climate
Ward Headstone 12 Metres South-West of Door of Church of St. Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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