Durant Headstone, approximately 3 metres to north of chancel of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Headstone.
Durant Headstone, approximately 3 metres to north of chancel of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- long-gable-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 795 073
- Coordinates
- 52.66392, -2.30357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Durant Headstone, located approximately 3 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Bartholomew, is an early 19th-century headstone made of sandstone. It features a large Maltese cross and is inscribed with the initials G.D/h.m.c. and the year 1823. The specific Durant to whom this headstone refers is unclear, as George Durant the elder passed away in 1780 and the younger in 1844.
Local climate
Durant Headstone, approximately 3 metres to north of chancel of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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