Swanson and Archbold Headstone Circa 12 Yards North East of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Swanson and Archbold Headstone Circa 12 Yards North East of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- silent-cloister-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NU 066 119
- Coordinates
- 55.40156, -1.89662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located approximately 12 yards northeast of the Church of St. Bartholomew in Whittingham Village, commemorates Mathew Swanson, who died in 1783, and John Archbold, who died in 1750. It is a small sandstone tablet about 2 feet 6 inches high, featuring a high domed top. Above John Archbold's inscription is a well-carved angel, while above Mathew Swanson's inscription is a memento mori.
Local climate
Swanson and Archbold Headstone Circa 12 Yards North East of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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