Garner Tomb Circa 2 Metres South of Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.
Garner Tomb Circa 2 Metres South of Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tilted-passage-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 118 310
- Coordinates
- 54.67458, -1.81778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Garner tomb, located approximately 2 metres south of the Baptist Chapel in Hamsterley, dates from around 1758 and commemorates Reverend Isaac Garner, a Baptist minister, along with members of his family until 1833. This headstone is made of sandstone and stands about one metre high. It features a shaped top with a drip string above a foliage carving in the upper panel. The inscription is well-cut. The tomb is included in the register for its historical significance.
Local climate
Garner Tomb Circa 2 Metres South 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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