Grave Cover Against West Wall of Boiler House North of Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Grave cover.
Grave Cover Against West Wall of Boiler House North of Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Grave cover
- Address
- Grave Cover Against West Wall of Boiler House North of Church of St John the Evangelist, Front Street, Spennymoor
- OS grid reference
- NZ 262 314
- Coordinates
- 54.67759, -1.59506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This grave cover, located against the west wall of the boiler house north of the Church of St John the Evangelist, is likely from the late 12th century or early 13th century. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a coped slab that is approximately 1.8 meters long. The coping is higher at the foot, as the stone was positioned at the time of the survey. The head of the grave cover is a wide oval, aligned with the level of the ridge.
Local climate
Grave Cover Against West Wall of Boiler House North of Church of St John the Evangelist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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