Message Grave Slab 17 Metres South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Grave slab.
Message Grave Slab 17 Metres South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- broken-zinc-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Grave slab
- OS grid reference
- NZ 085 104
- Coordinates
- 54.48908, -1.86978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Message grave slab, dating from 1503, is located 17 metres south of the Church of St. Michael in Barningham. This rectangular floor stone is made of blue limestone and features an incised chalice beneath a worn inscription, which is carved in relief within a sunk panel. The inscription reads: "Hic Requiescat Thomas Message quondam rector huius ecclesiae qui obiit ... Anno MDIII Cuius animae propietur deus." Thomas Message is noted to have been the rector of Barningham in 1488. The slab may be a remnant of the flooring from the medieval church that was demolished in 1816.
Local climate
Message Grave Slab 17 Metres South of Church of St Michael receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Gateway, Approach Walls and South Wall to St Michael's Churchyard