Castle Eden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2016. War memorial.
Castle Eden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sharp-plaster-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Castle Eden War Memorial, Stockton Road, TS27 4SN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 418 381
- Coordinates
- 54.73654, -1.3511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle Eden War Memorial is a stone cross made from Heworth stone, featuring bronze plaques and a sword. It is situated in front of the south-west entrance to The Castle on Stockton Road, which is also a Grade II-registered building, alongside West Lodge, Gate Piers, and Gate Tower, all of which are Grade II-listed. The memorial is designed as a cross inspired by the Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice and stands on a two-stepped, octagonal base with a plinth. The cross features a reversed sword in relief on its front face, and bronze plaques on the front four faces of the plinth display inscriptions. The entire structure is elevated on two shallow brick and stone steps, set on an octagonal pavement.
The plaque on the front face of the plinth commemorates the First World War, stating: "TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEY DIED FOR/ LIBERTY AND HONOUR." Two additional plaques on either side list the names of the 30 individuals commemorated.
The Second World War plaque reads: "TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945." It includes the names of five individuals.
Local climate
Castle Eden War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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