Stone Coffin 2 Metres South of South Chancel Wall of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Monument.
Stone Coffin 2 Metres South of South Chancel Wall of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- other-lintel-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NZ 422 504
- Coordinates
- 54.84749, -1.34368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a limestone coffin located 2 meters south of the south chancel wall of the Church of St. Mary. It dates from the 14th century and features a coped grave cover. The grave cover is believed to have originally had an inscription that read: "HIC IACET RICARDVS MILES DE IHELAND" in Lombardic capitals, although this inscription is now no longer legible. Historical records indicate that John De Yeland was the rector of Seaham in 1279, and in 1349, William De Yeland held half of the Manor of Seaham from the Bishop of Durham.
Local climate
Stone Coffin 2 Metres South of South Chancel Wall of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- 1,2,3 and 4, Bath Terrace
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