Aisley Tomb Circa 4 Metres South of Porch of 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.
Aisley Tomb Circa 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary and St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- tilted-trefoil-pearl
- 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
- 54.73133, -1.88752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aisley tomb, located approximately 4 metres south of the porch of the Church of St. Mary and St. Stephen, is a chest tomb dating from the late 17th century. It commemorates Robert Aisley, who died in 1663, and his daughter Jane, who died in 1697; it was erected by her son John. The tomb is made of sandstone slabs, featuring a moulded top and sides that are carved to resemble chamfered masonry blocks, with alternating patterns of circles and rectangles. There is a Latin inscription dedicated to Robert, describing him as 'pius, prudens, pacificus'.
Local climate
Aisley Tomb Circa 4 Metres South of Porch of 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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