Coffin in Grounds of Dorman Memorial Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Middlesbrough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1988. Coffin. 4 related planning applications.
Coffin in Grounds of Dorman Memorial Museum
- WRENN ID
- knotted-groin-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Middlesbrough
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East MP: Andy McDonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1988
- Type
- Coffin
- Address
- Coffin in Grounds of Dorman Memorial Museum, Park Road, TS5 6LA
- OS grid reference
- NZ 492 190
- Coordinates
- 54.56464, -1.2405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman coffin located in the grounds of the Dorman Memorial Museum is made of roughly-hewn limestone and rests on two mid-20th century stone benches. The coffin is tapered with a chamfered lid, measuring approximately 212 centimeters long, 94 centimeters wide, and 82 centimeters high. It was discovered during ironstone quarrying operations by Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd. in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and was presented to the Dorman Memorial Museum in 1927.
Local climate
Coffin in Grounds of Dorman Memorial Museum receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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