Newby Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South of Priory Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. Tomb.
Newby Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South of Priory Church
- WRENN ID
- half-sill-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SD 379 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20105, -2.95256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Newby Memorial, located approximately 10 metres south of the Priory Church in Lower Allithwaite, is a chest tomb dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features sides adorned with incised lozenges. The top of the tomb has rounded edges. The memorial commemorates James, who died in 1778, Elizabeth, who died in 1779, and their children.
Local climate
Newby Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South of Priory Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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