Davison Gravestone Circa 7 Yards South of Church of St Gregory is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. A C18 Gravestone.
Davison Gravestone Circa 7 Yards South of Church of St Gregory
- WRENN ID
- fossil-crypt-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- NT 913 302
- Coordinates
- 55.56577, -2.13864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Davison gravestone, located approximately 7 yards south of the Church of St. Gregory, is a chest tomb dating from 1738 and features various dates. It is constructed of ashlar stone. The sides of the chest are adorned with angle pilasters and additional pilasters in the center of the long sides, with worn decorative panels in between. The top of the tomb has a rounded edge, a broad chamfer, and a flat surface. The chamfered west end displays a coat of arms flanked by the date 1738 in high relief letters, along with a worn inscription around the edge. The inscriptions on the top include a tribute to James Davison of Lanton, who passed away on March 27th, 1767, at the age of 101 years.
Local climate
Davison Gravestone Circa 7 Yards South of Church of St Gregory receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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