Richardson Tomb C.19 Metres South-West of Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Tomb/headstone.
Richardson Tomb C.19 Metres South-West of Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- dark-panel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb/headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 128 242
- Coordinates
- 54.61297, -1.80197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richardson tomb, located approximately 19 metres south-west of the Church of St. Mary, is a headstone dating from around 1754, commemorating William Richardson. It is made of coarse sandstone and stands about 0.7 metres high, featuring a shaped top. The design includes a patera and spirals that flank a low-relief skull above the inscription.
Local climate
Richardson Tomb C.19 Metres South-West of Church of St. Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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