Burnhope War Memorial

Burnhope War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, designed by Cackett and Burns Dick of Newcastle, with additions for the Second World War that include a Garden of Remembrance.

Constructed from slender, orange hand-made brick with a red tile roof and a concrete plinth, the memorial features white polished granite and sandstone plaques. It has a U-shaped open-fronted shelter that opens onto a square Garden of Remembrance.

Located on the north side of the main village street, the memorial is designed as a shelter made of orange brick laid in English garden wall bond, topped with pitched tiled roofs. The rear side has five bays, with the central, wider bay featuring a tall, rectangular-headed archway that has a wooden lintel inscribed with "TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD," surmounted by a wooden cross with a pedestal inscribed "1919." On either side of the central archway are paired, recessed seating alcoves with replacement metal seats, which are mirrored in the two-bay left and right returns. The inner rear walls of each bay have a brick soldier course topped with three shallow recessed panels. Six engaged columns dividing the bays display white polished granite plaques with incised lettering, listing the 78 Fallen of the First World War in alphabetical order. Access to the shelter is via three continuous stone steps that curve at either end. The roof is supported by oak beams, and the inner rear walls also feature a sandstone plaque commemorating a Fallen serviceman from 1930, along with two additional plaques recording the 19 Fallen of the Second World War.

The memorial leads into a square formal garden, which has a southern opening bordered by flowers surrounding a central kerbed area. The centerpiece is a sandstone bird bath inscribed on all four sides with the phrases: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD," "LEST WE FORGET," "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD," and "A GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE."