Blackhill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2020. War memorial.
Blackhill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-chancel-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Blackhill War Memorial, Roman Catholic Church of St Mary, St Mary's Street, DH8 8PG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 098 515
- Coordinates
- 54.85851, -1.84882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blackhill War Memorial is a First World War memorial, built in 1919, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of Heworth sandstone and marble slabs and is prominently located facing the Grade II-listed Church of St Mary, making it highly visible from the main street.
The memorial features a Crucifix carved in relief on a tall, faceted, tapering obelisk with a chamfered base. The base of the shaft displays a Roman Cross set within a circle on all four sides. The obelisk is supported by a wide, rectangular, pedimented pedestal, which has the word 'Sacrifice' incised in a curve on the pediment. This entire structure rests on a two-stepped base.
A dedication is inscribed on a slab within a pedimented marble slab affixed to the front face of the pedestal, which reads: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED IN THE WAR 1914-1918. Below this, the names of the 92 fallen are listed in five columns using gilded Roman capitals, arranged by rank and name.
On the front face of the upper step of the base, there is an inscription that states: RIP / THE ETERNAL REST GIVE TO THEM, O LORD / AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
Additionally, a marble panel on the left side of the pedestal commemorates the Second World War, reading: WORLD WAR II 1939-1945, followed by the names of the fallen, grouped in three columns by service and surname.
Local climate
Blackhill War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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