Humble Headstone 5 Metres West of South Transept of Church of St Maurice is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Monument.
Humble Headstone 5 Metres West of South Transept of Church of St Maurice
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NU 106 194
- Coordinates
- 55.46883, -1.83381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 5 metres west of the south transept of the Church of St. Maurice in Eglingham, dating from 1749. It is made of sandstone and features a small flat-topped design. The inscription commemorates William Humble. On the reverse side, there is a recumbent hourglass above a horseshoe-shaped panel that includes an anvil and hammer, flanked by standing figures.
Local climate
Humble Headstone 5 Metres West of South Transept of Church of St Maurice receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 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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