Borrow Headstone 2.0 Metres South of Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. Headstone.
Borrow Headstone 2.0 Metres South of Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- solemn-flint-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 707 640
- Coordinates
- 54.97002, -2.45815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 2.0 metres south of the Church of the Holy Cross, dedicated to Thomas Borrow, who died in 1742. It is made of sandstone and features a shaped top with a sunk panel that has bold relief carvings, including a skull flanked by a shield and an hour-glass, as well as cross-bones beneath the skull, which are flanked by small serpents. The inscription reads: "Here lieth the Body of THOMAS BORROW of Stonhalt who Departed this Life August ye 29th 1742 Aged 70."
Local climate
Borrow Headstone 2.0 Metres South of Church of the Holy Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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