Headstone to Peter Lee, 50 Metres South of Former Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Headstone.
Headstone to Peter Lee, 50 Metres South of Former Chapel
- WRENN ID
- dim-plinth-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 377 386
- Coordinates
- 54.74179, -1.41573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone to Peter Lee, located 50 metres south of the former chapel in Wheatley Hill, dates from 1935. It is made of grey granite and features raised lead letters. The headstone has a simple rectangular shape with a roll-moulded top. It holds historical and sociological significance as it marks the grave of Peter Lee, a notable coal miner's leader and local politician.
Local climate
Headstone to Peter Lee, 50 Metres South of Former Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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