Whitfield Tomb Circa 4 Metres North of Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tombstone.
Whitfield Tomb Circa 4 Metres North of Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- white-remnant-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 118 310
- Coordinates
- 54.67475, -1.81763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitfield Tomb, located approximately 4 metres north of the Baptist Chapel in Hamsterley, dates from around 1821 and commemorates Rev. Charles Whitfield. This headstone is made of sandstone and stands about 1.2 metres high, featuring a shaped top. It displays a low-relief urn above a well-cut, though partly eroded, inscription that reads: 'Rev. Charles Whitfield, Pastor of the Baptist Congregation of this place, his immortal Spirit ascended to GOD, July 18 1821 in the 73 Year of his Age, as A Friend as A Christian, And as A M... of the Gosple (sic), He conducted ..., uch a Manner/as justly to des... to enjoy/the most ...' Rev. Whitfield was the minister during the construction of the Baptist Chapel and played a significant role in the evangelical revival.
Local climate
Whitfield Tomb Circa 4 Metres North of Baptist Chapel receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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