Whitfield Headstone 20 Metres South of Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. A Victorian Monument.
Whitfield Headstone 20 Metres South of Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- keen-entrance-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- NY 707 640
- Coordinates
- 54.96983, -2.45788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitfield headstone, located 20 metres south of the Church of the Holy Cross in Haltwhistle, is a large headstone dating from 1840, dedicated to Rebecca Whitfield. It was sculpted by T. Raper, whose name is inscribed in the plinth. The headstone features two stages on a moulded base. The upper stage has tapering sides that narrow to a triangular top, adorned with a bold relief of an urn at the base, along with a carved anchor and ropes. The lower stage has a gadrooned top and also features tapering sides that narrow towards the base. The inscription on the lower stage reads:
"In memory of Rebecca, the beloved wife of Edward Whitfield Of Newcastle on Tyne, Shipowner and Merchant, and daughter of Lewis Nanney Esquire of Haltwhistle, who departed this life on the 16th day of November 1840 in the 27th year of her age and who with her INFANT BABY lies here interred."
Local climate
Whitfield Headstone 20 Metres South of Church of the Holy Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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