Hanby and Sutton Chest Tombs 10 Metres South West of Old Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Chest tombs.
Hanby and Sutton Chest Tombs 10 Metres South West of Old Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- endless-flue-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- NZ 077 121
- Coordinates
- 54.50494, -1.88229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hanby and Sutton chest tombs, located 10 metres south-west of the old church of St. Mary, date from the late 17th century and early 18th century. They are made of cut stone and each features a top slab with moulded edges. The large eastern tomb bears a Latin inscription commemorating John Hanby, who died in 1684, along with later members of his family. To the west, the southern tomb is inscribed in Latin for William Sutton, who died in 1715, and his wife Margaret, who died in 1716. The northern tomb has an inscription that reads: "Here lieth the Body of Mr. JOHN SVTTON son of CAP.THO.SVTT who was Mr of his company in ye year 1700 Goldsmith in London. He Died Decemb in ye Year 1719 of his Age 77."
Local climate
Hanby and Sutton Chest Tombs 10 Metres South West of Old 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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