Monument 15 Metres West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. A N/A Monument.
Monument 15 Metres West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sombre-pavement-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- N/A
- OS grid reference
- NZ 286 619
- Coordinates
- 54.95106, -1.55447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument located 15 metres west of the Church of St. Mary in Heworth commemorates 91 individuals who lost their lives in the Felling Colliery disaster of May 1812. It is made of sandstone and bronze, featuring an obelisk atop a square plinth and base, all of which are chamfered. Four bronze plaques on the plinth display the names and ages of the deceased, with the youngest victim being just 8 years old. Following this tragic event, the rector of Heworth, John Hodgson, initiated the formation of the Society for the Prevention of Accidents in Coal Mines and supported Sir Humphrey Davy in the development of his safety lamp.
Local climate
Monument 15 Metres West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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