Hickson Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Mary and 2 Metres South of Smith Tomb is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1994. Tomb.
Hickson Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Mary and 2 Metres South of Smith Tomb
- WRENN ID
- winding-rafter-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 051 162
- Coordinates
- 54.54149, -1.92251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hickson tomb, located approximately 20 meters south of the Church of St Mary and 2 meters south of the Smith tomb in Barnard Castle, is a chest tomb dedicated to Sarah Hickson, the wife of James, and dates from around 1832. It features pulvinated angle pilasters on a plinth that supports a flat top with rounded edges. The sides are made of stone slabs, with the north and south sides displaying shaped borders that frame long inscriptions. The inscription on the north side reads: "Sleeps her dust beneath this stone/ Her happy spirits fled/ Unto yonder glorious throne/ To reign with Christ our head/ There she meets her infant band/ Circling her in realms of light/ All before their Saviour stand/ Transported with delight." The south side states: "Sarah....mother of seven children of whom one survives."
Local climate
Hickson Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Mary and 2 Metres South of Smith Tomb 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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