Group of 5 Graves Immediately South 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. Grave monument.
Group of 5 Graves Immediately South of Church of St Mary and St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- hidden-roof-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Grave monument
- Address
- Group of 5 Graves Immediately South of Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Church Lane, Wolsingham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 073 373
- Coordinates
- 54.7314, -1.88721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of five graves is located immediately south of the Church of St. Mary and St. Stephen in Wolsingham. This group includes one grave slab and a quadripartite slab at the foot, both dating from the medieval period. The grave slabs are made of unpolished Frosterley marble. The tapered slab features chamfered edges, although the south-west corner is damaged. Additionally, there are four smaller grave-covers created by cutting one slab into three chamfered grooves.
Local climate
Group of 5 Graves Immediately South 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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