Cooper Headstone About 7 Metres South East of South Porch of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Headstone.
Cooper Headstone About 7 Metres South East of South Porch of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- crooked-facade-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 809 452
- Coordinates
- 53.00382, -2.28463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cooper headstone, located about 7 meters south-east of the south porch of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a Grade II listed headstone commemorating William Cooper, who died in 1803. It is a large rectangular sandstone slab featuring a moulded edge and a double inscription panel beneath a shaped band that reads, "The trumpet shall sound and the Dead shall be raised." The spandrels and the top of the headstone are adorned with fairly high relief carvings of trumpeting angels and a head. This headstone is included in the listing due to its carvings, which, although somewhat archaic in style, represent the local folk art of the period.
Local climate
Cooper Headstone About 7 Metres South East of South Porch of the Church of St John the Baptist 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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