Gainforth Tomb Circa 9 Metres South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Tomb.
Gainforth Tomb Circa 9 Metres South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 328 312
- Coordinates
- 54.67517, -1.49274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gainforth tomb, located approximately 9 metres south of the Church of St Michael, dates from around 1704 and commemorates William Gainforth. This headstone is made of red sandstone ashlar and stands about 0.6 metres high and 0.3 metres wide. The front features an inscription in a lower square, with a skull positioned between scrolls at the top, accompanied by large feathered wings. The rear displays a skull and crossed bones in low relief above a continued inscription.
Local climate
Gainforth Tomb Circa 9 Metres South of Church of St Michael receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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