Leasingthorne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Leasingthorne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-shingle-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Leasingthorne War Memorial, Eden Terrace, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8EJ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 255 299
- Coordinates
- 54.66428, -1.606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leasingthorne War Memorial is a stone structure located opposite Eden Terrace in an area of open ground, previously in front of the Leasingthorne Social Centre. The memorial is designed as an obelisk with a square base, rising from a corniced pedestal that sits on a two-stepped base. It is enclosed by a square railing set on a low kerb.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal states: "ERECTED IN UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. 'UNTIL THE DAY DAWN'" and below it, on the riser of the upper step, it adds "AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945." The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the other faces of the pedestal.
Local climate
Leasingthorne War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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