Hindmarsh and Metcalfe Headstones East of St Andrew's Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Headstone.

Hindmarsh and Metcalfe Headstones East of St Andrew's Church Porch

WRENN ID
twisted-wicket-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Headstone
Address
Hindmarsh and Metcalfe Headstones East of St Andrew's Church Porch, Hartburn
OS grid reference
NZ 090 860
Coordinates
55.16829, -1.85999
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hindmarsh and Metcalfe headstones, located east of the porch of St. Andrew's Church, date from the mid-18th century and are made of sandstone. The western headstone features a shaped and shouldered top with a moulded frame, displaying a death's head with crossbones on the left and an hourglass on the right, above the inscription for Luke Hindmarsh, who died in 1741. The eastern headstone has a curved and shouldered top; its east face shows a cherub above the inscription for Ann Metcalfe, who died in 1767, while the west face features a death's head with crossbones to the right, above the inscription for Dorothy Metcalfe, who died in 1754.

Local climate

Hindmarsh and Metcalfe Headstones East of St Andrew's Church Porch receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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