Shalter Tomb Circa 20 Metres South-West 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. Tomb.
Shalter Tomb Circa 20 Metres South-West of Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- heavy-cobble-gilt
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 261 314
- Coordinates
- 54.67727, -1.59522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shalter tomb, located approximately 20 metres south-west of the Church of St John the Evangelist, dates from around 1706 and commemorates Eleanor and Jane Shalter. It is made of sandstone ashlar and stands about 0.5 metres high, featuring a shaped top. Each side of the tomb has a patterned edge with paired leaves positioned below two top paterae. A beaded pendant from the centre of the leaves divides the surface into two sections, which are inscribed with the names "ELEANOR, JANE" and the dates "THE 15" and "THE 28" (with the year 1706 being eroded). The reverse side has a similar border and paired leaves above a skull, heart, and crossed bones, with the heart at the centre and flanked by hourglasses, along with paterae above and below the hourglasses.
Local climate
Shalter Tomb Circa 20 Metres South-West 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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