War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
burning-merlon-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, the Green
OS grid reference
NZ 160 372
Coordinates
54.73013, -1.75185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, dating from around 1918, is constructed from Portland stone. It features a life-size figure of a soldier with hands resting on a rifle, standing on a pedestal approximately 4 meters high. The pedestal is adorned with unfluted Corinthian columns at each corner, which support an entablature with a wide cornice. There is a low square step leading up to the plinth. The names of the fallen from the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 conflicts are inscribed on all sides of the pedestal. One side is dedicated to Billy Row, another to Grahamley, one to Roddymoor, and the last to the White Lea district. Above each panel, there is a fluted frieze and a laurel wreath.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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