Dunn Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of Door 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. Tombstone.
Dunn Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of Door of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- second-quoin-candle
- 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
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 327 312
- Coordinates
- 54.67515, -1.49299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dunn tomb, located approximately 8 metres south of the door of the Church of St Michael, is a Grade II listed headstone dating from around 1718. It commemorates Tobyas Dunn, who died in 1718, and his wife Elizabeth. The tomb features a sandstone ashlar slab that stands about 0.4 metres high. The top of the slab is trefoil-moulded and is adorned with marigold and leaf patterns in low relief. The front panel is filled with an inscription, while the rear displays a skull and crossed bones, also in low relief.
Local climate
Dunn Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of Door 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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