Tombstone C 5 Yards South of Halton Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A C18 Tombstone.
Tombstone C 5 Yards South of Halton Church
- WRENN ID
- scattered-moulding-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 997 678
- Coordinates
- 55.00497, -2.00518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 5 yards south of Halton Church, dates from around 1737 and is made of limestone. The inscription on the tomb is badly worn. The south side features two cherubs set in sunk panels, while the north side displays emblems of death. The short east side is adorned with a well-carved memento mori and swag.
Local climate
Tombstone C 5 Yards South of Halton Church receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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