War memorial to south east of Bowes Museum is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1994. War memorial.

War memorial to south east of Bowes Museum

WRENN ID
crooked-lancet-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1994
Type
War memorial
Address
War memorial to south east of Bowes Museum, Newgate, Barnard Castle
OS grid reference
NZ 056 161
Coordinates
54.54086, -1.91489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located approximately 32 meters east of the east lodge to Bowes Museum, was erected around 1919 to commemorate those who died in the First World War. It is constructed from marble, limestone, and granite, featuring a square plan. The memorial is accessed by five steps leading up to a square plinth with a tapered base and corniced coping. A carved laurel wreath is displayed in raised segments on the coping. The obelisk shaft stands about 2 meters high on the coping. The names of the fallen are inscribed on a slab set against the steps at an oblique angle, as well as on the base, which includes an inscription honoring the men of all ranks from Barnard Castle who died between 1914 and 1918.

Local climate

War memorial to south east of Bowes Museum receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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