Group of 2 Tombs Circa 5 Metres South of Vestry of Church of St Ebba is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Tomb.
Group of 2 Tombs Circa 5 Metres South of Vestry of Church of St Ebba
- WRENN ID
- lone-eave-jackdaw
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NZ 103 554
- Coordinates
- 54.89361, -1.83998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of two tombs located approximately 5 metres south of the vestry of the Church of St. Ebba in Ebchester. The tombs consist of one chest and one cross, dedicated to members of the Surtees family from Hamsterley. The structures are made of marble and sandstone ashlar and date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The first tomb features a tall marble cross on a stepped base, commemorating R.S. Surtees, who died in 1864, along with members of his family up to 1871. The cross is adorned with high relief lilies that twine around the shaft. R.S. Surtees was known for his novels about English country life and hunting, particularly the "Jorrocks" books.
The second tomb is a chest with tooled sandstone sides and a moulded top. It bears an inscription for Robert Surtees of Milkwell Burn, who died in 1700, along with members of his family up to 1777. The letters on this chest are well cut.
Local climate
Group of 2 Tombs Circa 5 Metres South of Vestry of Church of St Ebba 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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