Currah Tomb About 4 Metres South of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Tombstone.
Currah Tomb About 4 Metres South of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 885 379
- Coordinates
- 54.73621, -2.17931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Currah tomb, located about 4 metres south of the Church of St. John, is a headstone dating from around 1789 that commemorates William Currah. It is made of sandstone and stands approximately one metre high, featuring an intricately-curved top. The inscription reads: "Here the dear Darling of mine Eye/In Mould beneath this Stone doth lye/Not Youth nor Innocence could save/His Body from the (eroded) Grave/But his triumphant Soul is gone/To Heav'n with Christ to worship (?) God."
Local climate
Currah Tomb About 4 Metres South of Church of St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% 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 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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