Sacriston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.
Sacriston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crooked-wicket-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sacriston War Memorial, Front Street, DH7 6JT
- OS grid reference
- NZ 239 471
- Coordinates
- 54.81849, -1.62815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sacriston War Memorial is located outside Fulforth Community Centre on Front Street. This memorial, made of Italian marble, stands approximately 2 meters tall and takes the shape of a plain Latin cross on a four-stage square base. The dedicatory inscriptions are found on the front faces of the three uppermost stages:
On the upper stage, it reads "IN MEMORY OF." The second stage states, "THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY SO THAT WE SHALL LIVE." The third stage features the words, "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." This third stage is a tall, tapering pedestal that is larger than the original stage and includes a poem written for the 2010 re-dedication ceremony. The lowest stage is a shallow step that supports low corner posts with an enclosing rail.
Local climate
Sacriston War Memorial 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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