Rutter Tomb Circa 25 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tombstone.
Rutter Tomb Circa 25 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- roaming-chapel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 947 256
- Coordinates
- 54.62557, -2.08242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rutter tomb, located approximately 25 metres south of the Church of St. Mary in Middleton in Teesdale, dates from around 1752 and commemorates Robert Rutter. It is made of sandstone and stands about one metre high. The tomb features a dome-headed centre that is flanked by fluted pilasters, and it is topped with a continuous dentilled cornice.
Local climate
Rutter Tomb Circa 25 Metres South of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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