Wall Around Churchyard of the Saxon Church is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1994. Wall.

Wall Around Churchyard of the Saxon Church

WRENN ID
tall-grate-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 May 1994
Type
Wall
Address
Wall Around Churchyard of the Saxon Church, Saxon Green
OS grid reference
NZ 189 301
Coordinates
54.66572, -1.70837
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall surrounding the churchyard of the Saxon Church in Escomb is likely from the 17th century, with 19th-century piers. It has a circular plan and is constructed from rubble with a rubble coping and stone piers. The narrow square piers feature gabled coping. The rubble wall that encloses the churchyard has roughly gabled coping and a boulder plinth in some areas. This wall is an important feature of the church's setting, defining the round shape of the graveyard, which is typical of Celtic and Saxon sites.

Local climate

Wall Around Churchyard of the Saxon Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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