Memorial to Thomas Ramsay About 42 Metres South of Mortuary Chapels in Blaydon Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Memorial.
Memorial to Thomas Ramsay About 42 Metres South of Mortuary Chapels in Blaydon Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- open-rafter-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 188 629
- Coordinates
- 54.96128, -1.70752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to Thomas Ramsay is located about 42 metres south of the mortuary chapels in Blaydon Cemetery. It was created by G. Burn from Newcastle and commemorates Ramsay, who died in 1873. Erected by the miners of Durham, the memorial honors his long and self-sacrificing efforts for human progress. The structure features a sandstone pedestal with an inscription on the east face and a statue of a man dressed in Victorian clothing, holding a scroll under his left arm. The memorial is supported by four pillars with clasping bands and topped with a tall gabled crocketed canopy.
Local climate
Memorial to Thomas Ramsay About 42 Metres South of Mortuary Chapels in Blaydon Cemetery receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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