Brancepeth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2016. War memorial.
Brancepeth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rooted-garret-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Brancepeth War Memorial, St Brandon's Church, DH7 8DF
- OS grid reference
- NZ 224 377
- Coordinates
- 54.73385, -1.65271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brancepeth War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Brandon, which is a Grade I-listed building, and is within the Grade II-registered park of Brancepeth Castle. Constructed from Heworth stone and standing approximately 6 meters tall, the memorial features a cross fleury with a moulded foot that rises from a tapering, octagonal shaft. At the arms of the cross, there is a shield carved with the monogram IHS. The cross shaft is set on a small pedestal with broach stops at the corners and a stepped, tapering foot, which in turn rests on a three-stepped, square base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads "THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1939 – 1945." The names of those commemorated are incised on the other three faces of the pedestal.
Local climate
Brancepeth War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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