Maxnil Headstone 10 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Headstone.
Maxnil Headstone 10 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 049 614
- Coordinates
- 54.9474, -1.92493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dating from 1709, located 10 metres west of the south aisle of the Church of St. Peter in Bywell. It is made of sandstone and features a swept segmental top. The relief carving includes a naturalistic death's head with a scallop shell and drapery above, and a book with a self-swallowing serpent and a scythe below. The inscription commemorates Thomas Maxnil and other members of the Maxnil family, with additional text on the reverse. The craftsmanship is noted for its unusually high quality for the period.
Local climate
Maxnil Headstone 10 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Peter receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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