War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, Durham is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2016. War memorial.
War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, Durham
- WRENN ID
- rough-sandstone-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, Durham, Churchyard of the Church of St Oswald, Church Street, City of Durham, DH1 3DG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 276 419
- Coordinates
- 54.77198, -1.57205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial is located at the north-east entrance to the churchyard of St Oswald's Church, which is a Grade II*-listed building. It features a stone Calvary cross that stands approximately 6 meters tall. The Calvary has a gabled top with a scroll displaying the letters INRI above the figure of the crucified Christ. The head of the cross rises from a moulded collar, and the tapering octagonal shaft is set on a square pedestal with broached corners. This pedestal is supported by a square base that has three steps.
Inscriptions are cast into bronze plaques on the pedestal. The main dedicatory inscription on the front reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF/ ALL THE PARISHIONERS WHO SERVED/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THE CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS/ AND PEACE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 R.I.P."
The names of those who served in the First World War are listed on rectangular bronze plaques on the other three sides of the pedestal. Additionally, two smaller plaques have been added to each side of the pedestal to commemorate those who served in the Second World War.
Local climate
War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, Durham receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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