Reclining Effigy Against West Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Sculpture. 5 related planning applications.
Reclining Effigy Against West Tower of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- open-rood-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Reclining Effigy Against West Tower of Church of St James, the Village, Castle Eden
- OS grid reference
- NZ 427 384
- Coordinates
- 54.7392, -1.33685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The reclining effigy, likely from the 14th century, is located against the west tower of the Church of St. James in Castle Eden. It is made of sandstone and depicts a mutilated figure of a monk or cleric, possibly Ivo de Seton, dressed in a cassock. The effigy rests on a double slab base that features chamfered and moulded upper edges.
Local climate
Reclining Effigy Against West Tower of Church of St James receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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