Dawes Tomb About 19 Metres North of Transept 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. Tomb.
Dawes Tomb About 19 Metres North of Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- grey-entrance-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 286 619
- Coordinates
- 54.95119, -1.55391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dawes tomb, located about 19 meters north of the transept of the Church of St. Mary, is a Grade II listed structure. It serves as the burial site of Richard Dawes, who was the headmaster of Newcastle Grammar School and passed away in 1766. The tomb features a sandstone headstone topped with a trophy above the inscription, and a natural basalt boulder serves as the grave cover. An inset bronze plaque on the grave cover reads: "THE BURIAL PLACE OF RICHARD DAWES M.A. AUTHOR OF THE CELEBRATED WORK INTITLED MISCELLANEA CRITICA. LET NO MAN MOVE HIS BONES." The boulder and inscription were placed in 1822 by John Hodgson, the rector of St. Mary's.
Local climate
Dawes Tomb About 19 Metres North of Transept 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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