Foster and Mills Slabs 4 Metres South of Church of St Brandon is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Memorial.
Foster and Mills Slabs 4 Metres South of Church of St Brandon
- WRENN ID
- stranded-iron-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 224 376
- Coordinates
- 54.73365, -1.65223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Foster and Mills slabs, located 4 metres south of the Church of St. Brandon in Brancepeth Park, consist of two memorial slabs raised on piers. The first slab, dated 1721, commemorates Jane Foster and is made of Frosterley marble resting on sandstone piers. It is wedge-shaped with deeply-chamfered sides and sits on two squat circular piers. The inscription on the sides and top face reads: "HERE LIETH YE BODY OF JANE THE WIFE OF HENRY FOSTER, ALDERMAN OF DURHAM, WHO DIED JUNE ... 1721. AGED 49 YEARS." The second slab, dated 1807, is dedicated to Henry Mills and is made of sandstone. It is a large horizontal slab with cyma-moulded edges, resting on two circular piers that are 1.0 metre high. The inscription on this slab is worn.
Local climate
Foster and Mills Slabs 4 Metres South of Church of St Brandon 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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