Monument 13.8 Metres South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Monument.

Monument 13.8 Metres South of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
dim-terrace-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1985
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NZ 361 462
Coordinates
54.80962, -1.43918
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This monument, located 13.8 metres south of the Church of St. Michael in Easington Lane, commemorates the 28 men and boys who lost their lives in the Elemore Colliery disaster of 1886. Designed by Emley of Newcastle, the memorial features a grey granite pedestal set on a square base. At each corner, there are recessed columns made of pink granite that support a tall octagonal spirelet. The spirelet is adorned with four fleur-de-lis-coped gablets and broadens out to a pyramid topped with a cross finial. The east and west sides of the monument display panels with the names of the deceased, while the north side bears the inscription, "Dangers stand thick through all the ground to push us to the tomb," attributed to Dr. Watts.

Local climate

Monument 13.8 Metres South of Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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