Hodgson Chest Tomb, 5 M. South of South Porch of Church of St. Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Monument.
Hodgson Chest Tomb, 5 M. South of South Porch of Church of St. Andrew
- WRENN ID
- weathered-gallery-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Hodgson Chest Tomb, 5 M. South of South Porch of Church of St. Andrew, Church Lane, Great Aycliffe
- OS grid reference
- NZ 282 221
- Coordinates
- 54.59372, -1.56376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hodgson chest tomb, located 5 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. Andrew, is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to Thomas Hodgson, who died in 1783, along with some of his descendants. This large sandstone tomb sits on a moulded base and features blank raised central tablets on each face, which are framed by shaped corner blocks. The top of the tomb is an inscribed slab with moulded edges.
Local climate
Hodgson Chest Tomb, 5 M. South of South Porch of Church of St. Andrew receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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