Pair of Headstones Circa 20 Yards South of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones Circa 20 Yards South of Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- roaming-hammer-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 936 932
- Coordinates
- 55.23346, -2.1016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones made of sandstone, located approximately 20 yards south of the Church of St. Cuthbert. One headstone commemorates Hannah Ord and dates from 1754. It stands about 4 feet high and features a shaped top with an angel. The rear of this headstone displays a high-relief carving of a skull and crossbones. The second, more worn headstone on the left also has a high-relief carving on its rear, depicting a bag of bones with a skull above it, and a winged hourglass above that.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones Circa 20 Yards South of Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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