Boatswain's Monument 30 Metres North East of Newstead Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the Gedling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1966. Monument.

Boatswain's Monument 30 Metres North East of Newstead Abbey

WRENN ID
dark-bonework-ivory
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Gedling
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1966
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SK 542 537
Coordinates
53.07858, -1.19189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Boatswain's Monument is a funerary monument located 30 meters north-east of Newstead Abbey, built in 1808 in memory of Lord Byron's favorite dog, Boatswain. The monument is constructed from ashlar stone with marble dressings. It features a round plinth made up of seven steps, with the upper two steps being moulded. The square chest has coved corners and displays a marble tablet on each side, each bordered with guilloche patterns. The eastern side includes a dedication and verse written by Byron. Atop the monument is a depressed pyramidal lid with a Classical urn finial.

Local climate

Boatswain's Monument 30 Metres North East of Newstead Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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