Gillespy Headstone 3 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Headstone.
Gillespy Headstone 3 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- little-floor-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 209 794
- Coordinates
- 55.10863, -1.67273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gillespy headstone, located 3 metres south of the Church of St. Mary, dates back to 1744. It is made of sandstone and features a shaped top with a relief carving of a central death's head above a self-swallowing serpent, accompanied by a riband and flanking foliage scrolls. Below the carving, there is an inscription dedicated to William Gillespy of Shotton.
Local climate
Gillespy Headstone 3 Metres South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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