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
- stranded-groin-ivory
- 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, Wolsingham Road, Tow Law
- OS grid reference
- NZ 120 386
- Coordinates
- 54.74225, -1.81418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, dating from around 1919, is located on Wolsingham Road in Tow Law. It features sandstone steps leading up to a high plinth adorned with clasping Ionic pilasters and an entablature. Atop the plinth is a life-size statue of a soldier advancing with a bayonet fixed. The names of the fallen from Tow Law in the First World War are inscribed on all four sides of the pedestal, accompanied by low-relief inscriptions on the frieze that read "FOR COUNTRY 1914 1919." Additionally, there are iron posts with square-headed finials on the lower chamfered step, although some of these are missing.
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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