Bateman's Tomb in the Grounds of Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. Tomb.
Bateman's Tomb in the Grounds of Chapel House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-roof-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1967
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Bateman's Tomb in the Grounds of Chapel House, Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 194 633
- Coordinates
- 53.16658, -1.71007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bateman's Tomb, located in the grounds of Chapel House, is a Grade II listed tomb built in 1861. It serves as the burial place of Thomas Bateman, a notable Derbyshire archaeologist. The tomb is rectangular and features a stone model of a Bronze Age cinerary urn at its west end. An inscription reads, "Thos Batemanes D. Aug 28th 1861 aged 39 years." The tomb is surrounded by contemporary spear-headed cast iron railings set on a low stone plinth. The Bateman collection is housed in the Sheffield City Museum.
Local climate
Bateman's Tomb in the Grounds of Chapel House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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