Tombstone of Foster Family Circa 42 Metres South West of Cemetery Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. Tombstone.
Tombstone of Foster Family Circa 42 Metres South West of Cemetery Gates
- WRENN ID
- second-spire-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP: Luke Myer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 691 197
- Coordinates
- 54.56795, -0.93171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombstone of the Foster family is located approximately 42 meters south-west of the cemetery gates in Brotton. This Grade II listed structure commemorates John Foster, his wife, and two children, who died between 1737 and 1768. The tombstone is a rectangular sandstone slab, measuring about 109 centimeters high, 94 centimeters wide, and 19 centimeters deep. It features a chamfered top on the west side and rests on a stone plinth. The east face is inscribed below three winged angel heads, which are flanked by scrolls at the ends.
Local climate
Tombstone of Foster Family Circa 42 Metres South West of Cemetery Gates 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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