War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 2016. War memorial.
War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester
- WRENN ID
- calm-span-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester, Kitswell Road, DH7 0JG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 163 477
- Coordinates
- 54.82459, -1.74742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial is located outside All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church, overlooking Kitswell Road in Lanchester. It is a tall hooded Calvary made of oak, approximately 5 meters high, featuring a metal figure of the crucified Christ. The wooden cross stands on a stony cairn. A polished stone plaque set into the front of the cairn bears the main inscription, which reads: "CRUCIFIED JESUS/ HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS/ OF/ (12 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 18/ R.I.P." The cairn is elevated on a concrete block, which has another polished stone plaque that records the dedication for the Second World War, stating: "CRUCIFIED JESUS HAVE MERCY/ ON THE SOULS OF/ (5 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-45."
Local climate
War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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