Grey Tomb Circa 10 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Tomb.
Grey Tomb Circa 10 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-jamb-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 187 554
- Coordinates
- 54.8935, -1.70933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grey tomb located approximately 10 metres south-west of the Church of St. Margaret is a table tomb dating from around 1771. It commemorates Edward Gray and members of his family until 1883. The tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features six fat balusters that support a moulded top with a long, well-cut inscription. Among those mentioned on the tomb are Edward Grey, who died in 1799, and John, the son of Edward Grey of Newcastle upon Tyne, who died in 1812.
Local climate
Grey Tomb Circa 10 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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