Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Grave cover.
Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- lunar-thatch-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Grave cover
- Address
- Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist, Front Street, Spennymoor
- OS grid reference
- NZ 262 314
- Coordinates
- 54.67748, -1.59502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two grave covers located against the south wall of the nave of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Kirk Merrington. These grave covers date from the late 12th century or early 13th century and are made of sandstone ashlar. Each coped slab measures approximately 1.5 metres long and features carvings that resemble overlapping planks. The ridges of the slabs end in slots for uprights at both ends and have circular cross-head termini at each end. One of the grave covers also includes drilled holes in the end sockets.
Local climate
Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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