Eshe Laude War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2016. War memorial.

Eshe Laude War Memorial

WRENN ID
dusted-wall-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Eshe Laude War Memorial, St Michael's Church, Laude Bank, DH7 9QN
OS grid reference
NZ 189 437
Coordinates
54.78803, -1.70614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Eshe Laude War Memorial is located in the grassy court in front of the Church of St Michael, which is also a Grade II-listed building, alongside the Stables, Loft, and Carriage shed, all of which are Grade II-listed. The memorial features a tall wooden Calvary with a hood, rising from a stone cairn that symbolizes a rocky hill. The figure of Christ crucified is positioned at the front, facing the road leading to Eshe village. The cairn is set upon a stone step.

A granite plaque is inset into the front of the cairn, displaying the main dedicatory inscription: "CRUCIFIED JESUS/ HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS/ OF (20 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919." Below this, on the front face of the stepped base, a smaller plaque reads "1939 – 1945/ (2 NAMES)."

Local climate

Eshe Laude War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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