Tomb 6 Yards South of South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Tomb.
Tomb 6 Yards South of South Porch
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-slate-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 181 426
- Coordinates
- 52.981, -1.73151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb dating from around 1711, located 6 yards south of the south porch in Edlaston and Wyaston. It is made of sandstone and features a plain base with inscriptions on the south and east sides. The inscription on the south side reads: "Here lyeth the body of John Kirkland: son of Paul Kirkland of Wyaston who departed this life ye 26th of October in ye 23 year of his age 1711 who hath a good child to his...". The inscription on the east side states: "Paul Kirkland Benefactor to the poor, buried April 20th 1714." The tomb is topped with a flat overhanging slab that has a chamfer on its underside.
Local climate
Tomb 6 Yards South of South Porch receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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