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Latitude: 55.3082 / 55°18'29"N
Longitude: -1.9113 / 1°54'40"W
OS Eastings: 405725
OS Northings: 601575
OS Grid: NU057015
Mapcode National: GBR H721.ZY
Mapcode Global: WHB0Q.MV10
Plus Code: 9C7W835Q+7F
Entry Name: Monument to First Lord Armstrong at South West of Detached Graveyard
Listing Date: 25 August 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1371120
English Heritage Legacy ID: 236617
ID on this website: 101371120
Location: Rothbury, Northumberland, NE65
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Rothbury
Built-Up Area: Rothbury
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Upper Coquetdale
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Monument
ROTHBURY CHURCH STREET
NU 0501
(West side)
25/272 Monument to 1st
Lord Armstrong at
south-west of
detached graveyard
II
Graveyard monument, 1900. Cut stone. Paved rectangle enclosed by dwarf wall
with moulded coping. At west end two-stepped base to plinth of Celtic cross
with plant scrolls and central rose boss to head. On plinth inscriptions to
William George, 1st Lord Armstrong of Cragside, d.1900, 'HIS SCIENTIFIC
ATTAINMENTS GAINED HIM A WORLD WIDE CELEBRITY, AND HIS GREAT PHILANTHROPY THE
GRATITUDE OF THE POOR'. Margaret Lady Armstrong, d.1893, text from Ecclesiastes
and the Armstrong arms.
Listing NGR: NU0572501575
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