Table Tomb 15 Metres West of the Saxon Church is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1994. Tomb.
Table Tomb 15 Metres West of the Saxon Church
- WRENN ID
- eastward-pavement-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 188 301
- Coordinates
- 54.66595, -1.70854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located 15 metres west of the Saxon Church in Escomb, dating from 1840. It commemorates Michael Robson Elliott, who died in that year, along with members of his family. The tomb features a chest with raised fielded side panels and a long, well-cut inscription on the slab, which has a bolection-moulded edge. It is supported by six square-plan piers that have moulded plinths, cornices, and bombe shafts, all standing on a moulded base.
Local climate
Table Tomb 15 Metres West of the Saxon Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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