Group of Simpson, Walker and Kipling Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. A Early C19 Tomb.
Group of Simpson, Walker and Kipling Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- mired-footing-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 050 162
- Coordinates
- 54.54163, -1.92333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of tombs located approximately 6 meters south of the Church of St Mary in Barnard Castle. The tombs include a chest tomb, an adjacent grave cover, and two headstones.
The chest tomb, made of ashlar, dates from the early 19th century and is dedicated to Ann, the wife of Edward Simpson of Croft Lodge. It features pulvinated Tuscan angle pilasters and moulded side slabs that support a top with moulded edges, although the inscriptions have eroded over time.
The grave cover to the south is from around 1830 and commemorates Captain Robert Kipling, who served in the 43rd Light Infantry Regiment and lived from 1757 to 1830, along with his wife Sarah, who died in 1849.
One of the headstones is approximately 0.4 meters high with a serpentine top, inscribed with the details of Robert, the son of Robert and Isabell Walker, who died on August 22, 1741. The taller headstone, about 0.8 meters high with a shaped top, is dedicated to Ann, the daughter of Robert and Jane Kipling, who died in 1772 at the age of 5, and to Jane, the wife of Robert, who died in 1747.
Local climate
Group of Simpson, Walker and Kipling Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South 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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