Smith Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1994. Tomb.
Smith Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cinder-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 051 162
- Coordinates
- 54.54153, -1.92248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith tomb, located approximately 20 meters south-east of the Church of St Mary in Barnard Castle, is a chest tomb dedicated to John Smith, dating from around 1844. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features Tuscan angle pilasters with necking, supporting a slightly rounded top with rounded edges, and has recessed side slabs. The inscription on the south side commemorates John Smith of Middleham, described as "the highly esteemed training groom of the late Lords Strathmore and Queensberry, the late Duke of Cleveland and the present Earl Glasgow." He died on April 12th, 1844, at the age of 75.
Local climate
Smith Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South East of Church of St Mary receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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