Eastgate War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Eastgate War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- burning-loggia-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Eastgate War Memorial, Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Stanhope, DL13 2JB
- OS grid reference
- NY 953 388
- Coordinates
- 54.74459, -2.07442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eastgate War Memorial is a granite structure located in the churchyard of All Saints church. It features a small wheel-head cross atop a tall rectangular pedestal, which stands on a plain rectangular base. The east face of the pedestal is inscribed with the words "OUR FALLEN HEROES" above a plain Latin cross. Below this inscription is a plaque listing the names of four servicemen who died during the First World War. The inscription continues with "WORLD WAR 1939-45/ (1 NAME)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
On the west face of the pedestal, there is a small rectangular plaque at the top that reads "MEN WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." Below this, a shield-shaped plaque records 18 names. The final inscription on this face states, "WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL,/ WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVES?"
Local climate
Eastgate War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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