Vasey Tomb Circa 8 Metres South East of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Headstone.
Vasey Tomb Circa 8 Metres South East of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- lost-spindle-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 127 308
- Coordinates
- 54.67289, -1.80376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vasey tomb, located approximately 8 metres south-east of the Church of St. James, dates from around 1770. It commemorates Elizabeth, the wife of Richard Vasey of Powtree, who died at the age of 24; Margaret, his second wife, who died in 1790 at the age of 39; and Richard, who died in 1792 at the age of 57. The tomb features a sandstone ashlar slab that stands about 1.5 metres high, topped with a shaped moulded design. It bears a Latin inscription that reads 'Sit in pace locus eorum', along with a rear verse that states: 'Go home all friends and leave me hear (sic)/For I must lie till Christ/appear/At whose arise/I hope/to have/A joyfull rising from/my grave.'
Local climate
Vasey Tomb Circa 8 Metres South East of Church of St James receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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