War Memorial, Piers and Chain is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Memorial.
War Memorial, Piers and Chain
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cobalt-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Piers and Chain, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 165 355
- Coordinates
- 54.71514, -1.74493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, along with its surrounding piers and chain, was built around 1919 and is signed by S. Webby from Liverpool. It is made of white granite and features an iron chain. The memorial stands on a plinth and is accessed by two steps. It has a tall, tapered rectangular shape with two offsets, a cornice, and diagonally-set square coping. The arms of Crook are depicted in a wreath on the main faces, while the shorter sides have pilasters adorned with garlands. The names of those who died in the wars of 1914-1918, 1939-1945, and the Korean War of 1950-1953 are inscribed in panels and on the plinth. The memorial is bordered by a diagonally-set low flat curb that supports tapered square posts with pyramidal tops, to which a link chain, featuring spikes through the links, is attached.
Local climate
War Memorial, Piers and Chain receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 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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