Group of 5 Tombstones to Members of Parkin Family, Circa 7 Metres South of Church of St. Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1987. Tombstones.
Group of 5 Tombstones to Members of Parkin Family, Circa 7 Metres South of Church of St. Michael
- WRENN ID
- strange-oriel-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP: Luke Myer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1987
- Type
- Tombstones
- OS grid reference
- NZ 711 162
- Coordinates
- 54.53696, -0.90244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of five tombstones commemorating members of the Parkin family is located approximately 7 meters south of the Church of St. Michael. These tombstones date from various years between 1750 and 1775. They are made of thick sandstone slabs, each featuring chamfered backs and curved heads with inscriptions on the west face. The leftmost tombstone has a crude carving of a draped skull and crossed bones, flanked by an hourglass and a scythe at the head. The other tombstones display draped, winged angel-heads with horns, accompanied by a prayer book and an hourglass.
Local climate
Group of 5 Tombstones to Members of Parkin Family, Circa 7 Metres South of Church of St. Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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