Charlton Headstone Approximately 3 Yards South 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.
Charlton Headstone Approximately 3 Yards South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- dusted-keystone-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 165 729
- Coordinates
- 55.0507, -1.74185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located approximately 3 yards south of the Church of St. Mary, commemorates James Charlton, who died in 1795 at the age of 24. It is made of sandstone and features a scrolled pedimented top adorned with a shell. The headstone has a moulded surround and includes a relief carving of an urn along with symbols of death. The inscription reads: "Our life tho' short is mix'd with much alloy. Death blasts a father's hope, a mother's joy. Their fondest prospects quickly does destroy. From us, alas, our darling youth is torn This may excuse our weakness when we mourn. Ours is the loss, the gain is all his own."
Local climate
Charlton Headstone Approximately 3 Yards South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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