French Sailors' Memorial 10 Metres North of Gate to Churchyard of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Graveyard monument.

French Sailors' Memorial 10 Metres North of Gate to Churchyard of St Michael

WRENN ID
tired-rafter-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Graveyard monument
OS grid reference
NU 248 173
Coordinates
55.4496, -1.60813
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The French Sailors' Memorial, located 10 metres north of the gate to the churchyard of St. Michael, is a graveyard monument erected in 1913. It is made of red terracotta and features a recumbent Celtic wheel-headed cross adorned with foliage carving. At the foot of the cross, there is a tablet inscribed with the names JEAN GUILBERT, LOUIS JOSEPH DUGUENOY, FRANCOIS NOUVEL, PIERRE ARCHENOUX, and EMILE DUVAL GOURNAY. The memorial is framed with a moulded rectangular border that bears the inscription: "THIS CROSS IS PLACED HERE BY THE PEOPLE OF HOWICK, BOULMER AND CRASTER IN MEMORY OF FIVE FRENCH SAILORS WHO OUT OF A CREW OF 30 WERE DROWNED IN THE WRECK OF THE FRENCH STEAM TRAWLER TADORNE OFF THE ROCKS AT HOWICK BOAT HOUSE ON MARCH 29TH 1913."

Local climate

French Sailors' Memorial 10 Metres North of Gate to Churchyard of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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