Joseph Hepple Headstone C.5m East of Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Headstone.
Joseph Hepple Headstone C.5m East of Church Porch
- WRENN ID
- outer-chamber-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Joseph Hepple Headstone C.5m East of Church Porch, Hartburn
- OS grid reference
- NZ 090 860
- Coordinates
- 55.16825, -1.85994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Joseph Hepple headstone, dating from 1754, is located approximately 5 meters east of the church porch in Hartburn. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a shouldered segmental-arched top with moulded coping. Above the inscription dedicated to Joseph Hepple and Jane Thornton (1786) is a cherub. The reverse side has a shaped sunk panel that displays a death's head above crossbones, set against a vermiculate field. This headstone showcases good quality vernacular masonry and is very well preserved.
Local climate
Joseph Hepple Headstone C.5m East of 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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