Stevenson Tomb Close to Chancel South Wall of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Tomb.
Stevenson Tomb Close to Chancel South Wall of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- guardian-wattle-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Stevenson Tomb Close to Chancel South Wall of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Front Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 119 543
- Coordinates
- 54.88395, -1.81599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stevenson tomb, located close to the south wall of the chancel in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, is a chest tomb dating from around 1631. It commemorates John and Ambreas Stevenson. The tomb is made of sandstone and features large slabs that form a chest on a wider base, topped with a flat overhanging coping. The inscription on the tomb reads: "HERE LYETH THE BODY / OF JOHN STEVENSON (sic) / GENTLEMAN LORD AND / MASTER OF BIERSID / WHO / DEPARTED TO THE MARCY / OF GOD THE 17 DAY OF SEP/TEMBER IN THE MORNE/ING / AND WAS BVERED / THE 18 DAY AT NIGHT / ANO DOMNI 1639" and "HEAR LIES THE BODY / OF AMBREAS STEVEN/SON OF BIERSID THE YOUNGER DEPARTED / THIS LIFE THE SIXT / DAY OF OCTOBER / IN THE YEAR / OF OUR LORD GOD / ANO 1689."
Local climate
Stevenson Tomb Close to Chancel South Wall of Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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