Emerson Table Tomb 3 Metres West of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1988. Monument.
Emerson Table Tomb 3 Metres West of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- little-steel-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NZ 308 101
- Coordinates
- 54.48552, -1.52543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Emerson table tomb, located 3 metres west of the Church of All Saints, is a table tomb from the mid-19th century that serves as a replacement for a headstone dedicated to William Emerson, who died in 1782. It is made of sandstone and designed in an elaborate Gothic-Revival style. The tomb features a wide double-chamfered plinth and octagonal corner piers. The hipped top slab is adorned with ridge ribs that have fleur-de-lys terminals. The rectangular block set on the plinth has end piers with tracery motifs and bears worn inscriptions in Greek and Latin that read " ... COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEADSTONE ... ", commemorating the life and achievements of William Emerson. This tomb is included for its group value. William Emerson, born in 1701 in Hurworth, was a notable mathematician, astronomer, and sun-dial maker.
Local climate
Emerson Table Tomb 3 Metres West of Church of All Saints receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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