Burnopfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 2016. War memorial.
Burnopfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- strange-cobalt-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Burnopfield War Memorial, Junction of Front Street and New Road, NE16 6NB
- OS grid reference
- NZ 177 568
- Coordinates
- 54.90613, -1.725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burnopfield War Memorial is located in a small garden at the junction of Front Street and New Road. It features a tall polished granite obelisk that is square in shape, rising from the top of a tapering plinth with a pediment. The plinth has a four-stage base and is surrounded by a low stone kerb, which previously included a chain suspended from low pillars. Each face of the plinth’s pediment is adorned with wreaths carved in low relief.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN THANKFUL RECOGNITION OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS/ ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF/ BURNOPFIELD AND DISTRICT." Below this inscription, the dates 1914 – 1918 are also carved in low relief. The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth, with all inscriptions being gilded.
Local climate
Burnopfield War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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