Bower Headstone 15 Metres South-East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Headstone.
Bower Headstone 15 Metres South-East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- calm-baluster-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 301 888
- Coordinates
- 55.19282, -1.52783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 15 metres south-east of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary. It dates from 1822 and is made of sandstone. The headstone features a shaped top and bears an inscription dedicated to Henry Bower of Ellington. The inscription includes a verse that reflects on the nature of life and death, stating:
"Here lies within this hollow span
The relicks of an Honest Man
The grave, great teacher, to a level brings
Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings,
Reader! he's flown to seek a purer sky
Go live like him, then with his calmness die."
Local climate
Bower Headstone 15 Metres South-East of South Aisle of Church of St Mary receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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