Liddell Tomb About 20 Metres South of Percy Chapel of Tynemouth Priory Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. A Georgian Tomb.
Liddell Tomb About 20 Metres South of Percy Chapel of Tynemouth Priory Church
- WRENN ID
- second-groin-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- NZ 373 693
- Coordinates
- 55.01763, -1.41714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Liddell tomb, located about 20 metres south of the Percy Chapel of Tynemouth Priory Church, is a chest tomb dating from around 1802. It commemorates members of the Liddell family who died between 1781 and 1845. The tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and is designed in the style of a classical sarcophagus. It features four fluted pilasters on each side, with outward-curved end panels that support a moulded-edged slab. At the time of the survey, one side panel was missing.
Local climate
Liddell Tomb About 20 Metres South of Percy Chapel of Tynemouth Priory Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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