Thornley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 2017. Memorial.
Thornley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-granite-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Thornley War Memorial, High Street, Peterlee, DH6 3EN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 366 396
- Coordinates
- 54.75016, -1.43233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornley War Memorial is located on the north side of High Street. It is a long, curving stone wall approximately 2.5 meters high, constructed from Dunhouse stone sourced from Staindrop. The central section features a raised stone panel that stands out above the rest of the wall. In the center of this panel is a plain Latin cross carved in relief, flanked by the main dedicatory inscription and two panels listing names.
The inscription, which is divided to the left and right of the cross, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS OF THORNLEY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WARS." Below the cross, a quotation from the Gospel of St John is incised: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
The two rectangular name panels, each framed by a raised moulded border, commemorate the dead from the First and Second World Wars. Additionally, there are two small plaques on either side of the central panel that list further names from the First World War onwards. In front of the memorial, a low stone wall outlines a flower bed, which includes a central stepped platform beneath the main plaque for placing wreaths and floral tributes.
Local climate
Thornley War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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