Summerson Tomb About 4 Metres South of Church of St Edmund is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Tomb.
Summerson Tomb About 4 Metres South of Church of St Edmund
- WRENN ID
- sacred-paling-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 014 499
- Coordinates
- 54.84402, -1.97919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Summerson Tomb, located about 4 metres south of the Church of St. Edmund in Edmondbyers, dates from around 1679 and commemorates John Summerson. It is made of sandstone and features a plain grave-cover with an inscription that reads: "HEAR LYETH THE/BODY OF JOHN/SUMMERSON OF/COOPPERHAUGH/ WHO DEPARTED/THIS LIFE THE/SEVENTH DAY OF/FEBRUARY IN THE/YEAR OF OUR/LORD GOD/ 1679."
Local climate
Summerson Tomb About 4 Metres South of Church of St Edmund receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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