Robinson Tomb Circa 25 Metres South of Nave 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.
Robinson Tomb Circa 25 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- shifting-courtyard-coral
- 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
- 54.62562, -2.08243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robinson tomb, located approximately 25 metres south of the nave of the Church of St. Mary, dates from around 1747 and commemorates Richard Robinson of Eggleston. It features a headstone made of sandstone ashlar, standing about 0.6 metres high. The design includes fluted pilasters that support paired semicircles at the top, while the rear of the tomb has three fielded panels, with the upper two shaped to match the outline of the slab.
Local climate
Robinson Tomb Circa 25 Metres South of Nave 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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