Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial.
Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- strange-granite-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross, Willington Park, Low Willington, Greater Willington, DL15 0QH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 204 348
- Coordinates
- 54.70847, -1.6836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross is a 7-meter tall memorial made of Creetown granite, located to the south of Low Willington. It features a tall cross with a design inspired by St Cuthbert’s cross, embellished with carved ornamentation on the cross arms and center. The front face of the cross shaft is divided into three blind panels, and the shaft rises from a broad plinth that sits on a stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN/ OF/ WILLINGTON, OAKENSHAW AND PAGE BANK/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./ AND THE WORLD WAR. 1939 - 1945./ “THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.” The names of those commemorated are listed on the other faces of the plinth, arranged by locality.
Local climate
Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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