Stone Coffin and Lid About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1988. A Early Medieval Monument.
Stone Coffin and Lid About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- half-parapet-gold
- 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 346 112
- Coordinates
- 54.49509, -1.46628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a stone coffin and lid located about 3.5 metres west of the Church of St. John the Baptist. It is possibly from the 11th century and is made of sandstone. The coffin is a large, monolithic, wedge-shaped structure. The thick lid features a raised cross with a Celtic head design.
Local climate
Stone Coffin and Lid About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St John the Baptist 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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