Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2016. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gilded-beam-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial, Horsemarket, DL12 0SH
- OS grid reference
- NY 948 254
- Coordinates
- 54.62382, -2.08188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial is located at the north-western end of Horsemarket, set within a triangular green. It is accessible via a paved path from the road. The green is surrounded by a low stone wall with piers, from which spiked chains are suspended. The memorial itself is a tall obelisk with a square base, rising from the corniced cap of a pedestal that sits on a three-stage base.
On the front face of the obelisk, a small wreath is carved in relief, and the cornice below features a small shield carved in low relief on each side. Each face of the pedestal has inscriptions:
- The north-west face reads: "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914 – 1918./ (NAMES)"
- The north-east face states: "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945./ (NAMES)"
- The south-east face commemorates: "ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN, AND IN HONOUR/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE/ 1921"
- The south-west face honors: "ALSO/ IN MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING, WHO DIED FROM/ THE EFFECTS OF WAR SERVICE./ (NAMES)"
Additionally, the front face of the upper stage of the base is inscribed with the phrase: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Local climate
Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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