Aycliffe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 2016. War memorial.

Aycliffe War Memorial

WRENN ID
broken-hall-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Aycliffe War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Great Aycliffe, DL5 6JY
OS grid reference
NZ 283 221
Coordinates
54.59392, -1.56309
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Aycliffe War Memorial is a stone structure approximately 4 meters tall, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, which is a Grade I listed building, near the east end of the church. The memorial features a St Andrew fleury cross that rises from an octagonal shaft, which is set on a low square pedestal with broached corners. This pedestal is elevated on a small octagonal step, resting on a low square base.

On the north face of the pedestal, there is a bronze plaque that reads "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF/ (13 NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18." The west face has a similar plaque that states "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF/ (9 NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1939 – 1945."

Local climate

Aycliffe War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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