Memorial to Ralph Gardiner is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Memorial to Ralph Gardiner

WRENN ID
vast-brass-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1986
Type
Monument
Address
Memorial to Ralph Gardiner, Chirton Green
OS grid reference
NZ 346 682
Coordinates
55.00747, -1.45962
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The memorial to Ralph Gardiner is an obelisk dated 1882, located in Tynemouth, North Shields. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and coursed squared rubble. The base is made of coursed thin rubble, supporting a single slab that holds a square ashlar plinth of the obelisk.

The plinth features inscriptions on all four sides. The north side reads: "RALPH GARDINER/CHIRTON COTTAGE/AUTHOR OF 'ENGLAND'S GRIEVANCE DISCOVERED'/1655/ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION 1882." The west side states: "A FAITHFUL SON OF FATHER TYNE" D. B. LIETCH. The south side has the inscription: "I APPEAL TO GOD AND THE WORLD" GARDINER, while the east side reads: "WHO SUFFERED COUNTLESS ILLS WHO BATTLED FOR THE TRUE AND JUST" TENNYSON.

Local climate

Memorial to Ralph Gardiner receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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