Kell Tomb 3 Metres West of North 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.
Kell Tomb 3 Metres West of North Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- rough-forge-ebony
- 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
- 54.95117, -1.55397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kell Tomb, located 3 metres west of the north transept of the Church of St. Mary, dates from around 1824. It serves as the burial site for the Kell family, including Ebenezer, who died in 1781, with burials continuing until 1849. The tomb features a sandstone slab resting on five pedestals. Each pedestal is four-sided and curved, adorned with foliage decoration. The slab includes a fluted frieze and three flowers on each side, and it bears the arms of the town of Newcastle. The Kell family was known for owning quarries that produced the famous 'Newcastle' grindstones.
Local climate
Kell Tomb 3 Metres West of North 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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