High Etherley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
High Etherley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stranded-fireplace-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- High Etherley War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Cuthbert's Church, Church Street, DL14 0HT
- OS grid reference
- NZ 164 283
- Coordinates
- 54.64964, -1.74583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The High Etherley War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Cuthbert, which is also a listed building, to the west of the church tower. This memorial takes the shape of a tall granite obelisk that is square in plan and rises from the top of a pedestal with a pediment. The pedestal is set on two sandstone steps and is surrounded by a low square kerb.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads “VICTORY THROUGH SACRIFICE” followed by “IN HONOUR AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ETHERLEY, TOFT HILL, MORLEY, AND WINDMILL, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 1918.” The east face of the pedestal lists the names of those who died in the First World War, concluding with the phrase “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.” On the west face, beneath the dates 1939 – 45, are the names of those who died in the Second World War, with two names appearing on the pedestal foot.
Local climate
High Etherley War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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
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