Graham Tomb C.14 Metres Sout-West of Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Headstone.

Graham Tomb C.14 Metres Sout-West of Church of St. Mary

WRENN ID
hushed-jade-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
NZ 128 242
Coordinates
54.61302, -1.80208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Graham tomb, located approximately 14 metres south-west of the Church of St. Mary, is a headstone dating from around 1723, dedicated to Thomas Graham. It is made of sandstone and stands about 0.6 metre high. The design features a panel with quadrant corners, adorned with a patera and heart in each top corner, all set within a rope-moulded border. A skull is positioned above a well-cut inscription within the panel.

Local climate

Graham Tomb C.14 Metres Sout-West of Church of St. Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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