Muggleswick War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 2014. War memorial.
Muggleswick War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- distant-pilaster-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 044 499
- Coordinates
- 54.84428, -1.93266
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Muggleswick War Memorial is a First World War memorial with a Second World War addition, erected in 1919. It is located within the churchyard of All Saints, Muggleswick. The memorial is made of granite and features a Celtic cross with a tapering shaft, which stands on a tapered plinth, all resting on a square base surrounded by a kerbstone. The shaft and cross head are adorned with a relief design of Celtic interlace, and there is a central boss.
The front face of the plinth bears the inscription:
In grateful memory of/ Soldiers from this Parish/ who gave their lives for/ God, King and Country/ in the World War/ 1914-1918/ Erected by Parishioners and Friends.
Below this, the front face of the base states:
‘The memory of their sacrifice is dear to us’.
The names of seven men who died in the First World War and one soldier from the Second World War are inscribed on the right and left sides of the pedestal, listed by forename or initials followed by surname.
Local climate
Muggleswick War Memorial receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Group of Tombs, South of Church of All Saints
- Remains of Manor House at Priory Farm
- Priory Farmhouse
- Pigsty with Hen House West of Priory Farmhouse
- Barn West of Priory Farmhouse
- Grange Farmhouse and Gin Gang
- Cottage and Enclosure on South Bank of Muggleswick Burn and Wall to Left
- Boundary Stone at Nz 04874970
- Boundary Stone Alongside Fence at Nz 04924972
- Boundary Stone at Ngr Nz 04844956