Group of 4 Tombs C.10-12.5 Metres West of Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Group of 4 Tombs C.10-12.5 Metres West of Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- second-eave-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Group of 4 Tombs C.10-12.5 Metres West of Church of St. Mary, Front Street, Cockfield
- OS grid reference
- NZ 128 242
- Coordinates
- 54.61315, -1.80214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four headstones located approximately 10 to 12.5 metres west of the Church of St. Mary, dating from the 17th and early 18th centuries. The tombs commemorate John Alderson, who died in 1728; Robert Lodge and Edward Gargranet, both of whom died in 1677; and E.P. and John Pearson, who died in 1715 and 1727. The headstones are made of coarse sandstone and stand about 0.5 metres high. The Alderson tomb is straight-sided with canted corners, while the Lodge and Gargranet tombs are goblet-shaped with shaped tops. The Pearson tomb is straight-sided with a pointed top. The Alderson tomb features low relief angels holding a crown, the Lodge tomb has a moulded surround with leaf decoration at the top, the Gargranet tomb is similar to that of Lodge, and the Pearson tomb includes a central inscription for E.P. 1715, with a well-cut inscription for John Pearson above and below, and top winged cherubs carved in a single scrolly line in a calligraphic style.
Local climate
Group of 4 Tombs C.10-12.5 Metres West of Church of St. Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 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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