West Rainton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
West Rainton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vast-bailey-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Rainton War Memorial, Church of St Mary, North Street, West Rainton and Leamside, DH4 6PA
- OS grid reference
- NZ 322 469
- Coordinates
- 54.81611, -1.49942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Rainton War Memorial is located on North Street, at the northern edge of the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial features a large rough-hewn granite monolith set on a substantial plinth. The front face of the monolith is intricately carved in the shape of a scroll, with a polished surface that displays the inscription: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. (60 NAMES) 1939-1945 (12 NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN."
The memorial is elevated above a rendered, coped retaining wall and is accessible from street level via a set of seven sandstone steps.
Local climate
West Rainton War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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