Tomb 20 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. A Classical Tomb.
Tomb 20 Metres North of Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- drifting-granite-alder
- 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
- Period
- Classical
- OS grid reference
- NZ 286 619
- Coordinates
- 54.95131, -1.55394
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an altar tomb built in 1817 for the Richardson family, located 20 metres north of the transept of the Church of St. Mary. It is made of sandstone and designed in the style of a Doric temple, featuring six columns that support an entablature. The tomb is inscribed with the name William Richardson of Greenside, who died in 1817.
Local climate
Tomb 20 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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