Attwood Tomb, Circa 100 Metres West and 6 Metres North of Gate to Church of St Mary and St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Tomb.
Attwood Tomb, Circa 100 Metres West and 6 Metres North of Gate to Church of St Mary and St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-rotunda-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 073 373
- Coordinates
- 54.73116, -1.88814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Attwood Tomb is located approximately 100 meters west and 6 meters north of the gate to the Church of St Mary and St Stephen in Wolsingham. It features a coped slab made of grey granite, which commemorates Charles Attwood, who lived from 1791 to 1875 and resided at Hollywood House and Tow Law. The tomb has an incised cross with foliated arms on the ridge of the coping, and there is an inscription around the base of the coping. Charles Attwood is noted for founding the iron works that significantly contributed to the prosperity of Wolsingham, and he developed a new method of steel-making similar to that of Bessemer. The tomb is included for its historical interest.
Local climate
Attwood Tomb, Circa 100 Metres West and 6 Metres North of Gate to Church of St Mary and St Stephen receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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