War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
crumbling-slate-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1987
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, the Avenue, Stanley
OS grid reference
NZ 162 511
Coordinates
54.85471, -1.74893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial in Greencroft, Stanley, was built around 1919 by Ayton, Blackhill. It features a tall granite obelisk that stands on a tapered plinth, which has a gadrooned cornice and is elevated by a base of two steps. The plinth bears an inscription that reads: "ERECTED BY THE OWNERS / OFFICIALS AND WORKMEN / OF SOUTH PONTOP COLLIERY / IN MEMORY OF / OUR VILLAGE COMRADES / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918," along with a motto on the base.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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