Monument to John Newton 1 Yard South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Monument.
Monument to John Newton 1 Yard South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- strange-chancel-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NZ 084 636
- Coordinates
- 54.96779, -1.86885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Newton, located 1 yard south of the Church of St. Mary, is a churchyard memorial dating from 1757 and other various dates. It is made of sandstone and features a panel set in a moulded frame. At the top, there is a winged cherub positioned between scrolls. Below this, the design includes an open bible, a snake, an hourglass, and two cherubs holding trumpets. The lettering on the monument is well-executed.
Local climate
Monument to John Newton 1 Yard South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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