Bedal Tomb Circa 16 Metres South West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.
Bedal Tomb Circa 16 Metres South West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- keen-stone-dew
- 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
- NY 947 256
- Coordinates
- 54.6256, -2.08288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bedal tomb, located approximately 16 metres southwest of the Church of St. Mary, is a headstone dating from around 1779, commemorating William Bedal. It is made of sandstone and stands about 0.5 metres high. The east face features a moulded surround with a domed centre at the top, which frames the commemorative inscription. The west face has a higher, scroll-topped head above a corniced panel that contains a well-cut verse: "From my sad Cradle/to my Sable Chest/Poor pilgrim I did find/few years of Rest/But now I rest my soul ...", with the text continuing below ground level.
Local climate
Bedal Tomb Circa 16 Metres South West of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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