Group of 3 Tombs Circa 6 Metres South of Nave of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Tomb.
Group of 3 Tombs Circa 6 Metres South of Nave of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- broken-dormer-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 118 543
- Coordinates
- 54.88387, -1.81604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three tombs is located approximately 6 metres south of the nave of St. Mary Magdalene in Medomsley. The tombs consist of one medieval grave cover and two chest tombs. The grave cover is medieval, while the north chest tomb dates from around 1726, and the south chest tomb is undated but likely from the early 18th century. All three tombs are made of sandstone.
The first chest tomb features a chamfered base and stone slab sides, topped with an overhanging flat coping. It is inscribed to Emanuel Walton of Bradley, who died in 1726, and his son Ambrose, who died in 1721. The second tomb is a plain grave cover with an incised cross and sword decoration, which was moss-covered at the time of the survey. The third chest tomb also has a chamfered base and stone slab sides, but it has round-edged coping and bears no inscription.
Local climate
Group of 3 Tombs Circa 6 Metres South of Nave of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% 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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