3 Lee Tombs to South West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tombs.
3 Lee Tombs to South West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- over-copper-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tombs
- Address
- 3 Lee Tombs to South West of Church of St Mary, Town End, Middleton in Teesdale
- OS grid reference
- NY 947 256
- Coordinates
- 54.62562, -2.08309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three headstones, dating from 1716 to 1757, are located to the south-west of the Church of St. Mary in Middleton in Teesdale. They commemorate members of the Lee and Watson families and are made of sandstone ashlar.
The first headstone is a moulded slab approximately 0.6 metres high with a segmental head, dedicated to Adah Lee, the wife of Arther. The second is a moulded slab about 0.7 metres high, featuring a low-relief heart set between scrolls of a pediment, dedicated to Arther Lee. The third headstone is an anvil-shaped block, around 0.3 metres high, with the incised initials IL1716 and PL1717, along with the name Ann Wat/son and the year 1742 on top.
Local climate
3 Lee Tombs to South West of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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