Heppel Headstone and Neighbour C.5m SE of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Headstone.

Heppel Headstone and Neighbour C.5m SE of St Andrew's Church

WRENN ID
upper-merlon-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Headstone
Address
Heppel Headstone and Neighbour C.5m SE of St Andrew's Church, Hartburn
OS grid reference
NZ 090 860
Coordinates
55.16827, -1.85997
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Heppel headstone and its neighbor, located approximately 5 meters southeast of St. Andrew's Church, date from the mid-18th century and are made of sandstone. The southern headstone features a scrolled top with a sunk panel that includes a winged hourglass beneath a death's head. It bears the inscription for William Heppel, who died in 1738, and his mother Elisabeth, who died in 1739 at the age of 99. The reverse side is adorned with Ionic pilasters flanking the panel and a cherub above crossbones. The northern headstone has a shallow gabled top and a cherub, but its inscription is largely buried. Its reverse side features a sunken panel decorated with a swag holding bones and a skull.

Local climate

Heppel Headstone and Neighbour C.5m SE of St Andrew's Church 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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