Bell Headstone Approx 20 Yards South West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Headstone.
Bell Headstone Approx 20 Yards South West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- dim-rood-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 197 850
- Coordinates
- 55.15948, -1.69234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located approximately 20 yards southwest of the Church of St. Mary in Morpeth. It dates from around 1730 and commemorates Thomas Bell. The headstone is made of small sandstone and features a segmental pedimented top. The east side has an inscription, while the reverse displays carved Ionic columns adorned with foliage and a prominent high relief carving of a boy holding a snake. Above the boy are the words "memento mori."
Local climate
Bell Headstone Approx 20 Yards South West of Church of St Mary 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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