Marshal Tomb Circa 6 Metres South of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.

Marshal Tomb Circa 6 Metres South of Church of St James

WRENN ID
tall-spire-reed
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 127 308
Coordinates
54.67285, -1.80415
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Marshal Tomb, located approximately 6 metres south of the Church of St. James, is a headstone dating from around 1762, dedicated to Mary Marshall. It is made of sandstone ashlar and stands about 0.6 metres high. The tomb features a double-scrolled dentilled top above a moulded indented panel that bears an inscription for Mary and her husband George, who died in 1775. The rear of the tomb displays a low-relief heart framed in a square with a Greek fret design, topped by a half-flower on a stalk.

Local climate

Marshal Tomb Circa 6 Metres South of Church of St James 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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