Pickeran Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of East End of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Headstone.
Pickeran Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of East End of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- former-keep-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 234 452
- Coordinates
- 54.80192, -1.63598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pickeran tomb, located approximately 8 metres south of the east end of the Church of St. Michael, is a headstone dating from around 1737. It commemorates John Pickeran, likely a reference to the modern surname Pickering, and Jane, who died in 1744. The tomb features a sandstone slab that stands about 0.7 metres high, with a tooled carved top. The design includes the letters 'R' and 'S' flanking two marigolds, above a band decorated with a pattern of crossed bones between circles of inverted hearts. The inscription concludes with scrolls that flank the phrase 'AGED 68'.
Local climate
Pickeran Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of East End of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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