Witton Gilbert War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2020. War memorial.
Witton Gilbert War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lunar-gateway-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Witton Gilbert War Memorial, Junction of Briar Lea with Green Lea, Off Sacriston Lane, DH7 6RQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 236 463
- Coordinates
- 54.81105, -1.6341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Witton Gilbert War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922 by JG Burrell, with later additions for the Second World War, and it was relocated in 1978. It is made of Stainton sandstone and stands in a small memorial garden accessed from Briar Lea. The memorial faces west and features a cross of St Cuthbert on a tapering octagonal column, which is set on a square pedestal that rests on two octagonal steps. The pedestal has stopped chamfers and a hollow-moulded, tapering top.
The cross-shaft has an elaborate moulded foot with recessed panels on each face and a tetrahedral band. The abacus is also moulded, and the cross itself has a three-stepped octagonal foot. The inscriptions on the memorial are incised. Around the bottom of the cross-shaft foot, it reads: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND."
On the west face of the pedestal, it is inscribed: "WITTON GILBERT WAR MEMORIAL ROLL OF HONOUR OF LOCAL HEROES WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS LORD GRANT THEM EVERLASTING PEACE." The rolls of honour are inscribed on the north and south faces, listing names by the year of death (continuing to 1920) and then alphabetically by surname, along with rank and regiment. The east face is inscribed with the dates 1939 – 1945 and includes 10 names listed alphabetically by surname without ranks or units.
Local climate
Witton Gilbert War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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