Monument to George Hawks is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. A C19 Monument.

Monument to George Hawks

WRENN ID
bitter-casement-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1983
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to George Hawks, Bensham Road
OS grid reference
NZ 252 629
Coordinates
54.96052, -1.6073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to George Hawks, dated 1865, is a Grade II listed stone structure located on the north side of Bensham Road. It features a standing figure dressed in mayoral robes and chain, holding a scroll. This figure stands on a stepped base atop an inscribed shaft with a deep cornice, which rests on a square plinth with chamfered corners. The inscriptions on the monument state: "FIRST MAYOR 1801-1863. ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND BY THE WORKMEN OF GATESHEAD IRON WORKS, OF WHICH HE WAS THE SENIOR PARTNER." Historically, Hawks's Iron Works was responsible for casting 5,050 tons of iron for Stephenson's High Level Bridge.

Local climate

Monument to George Hawks 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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