Ludworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 2016. War memorial.

Ludworth War Memorial

WRENN ID
rough-pilaster-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Ludworth War Memorial, Junction of Margaret Street and East View, Shadforth, DH6 1NZ
OS grid reference
NZ 363 414
Coordinates
54.76654, -1.43631
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ludworth War Memorial is located in an enclosure to the southwest of the junction of Margaret Street and East View. Made of granite, it features a Latin cross with a moulded foot that rises from a square pedestal. The pedestal is set on a two-stepped base.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE BRAVE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918" followed by the names of 20 individuals. Below this, on the riser of the top step, there is a later dedication that reads "1939 – 1945" along with the names of 5 individuals.

Local climate

Ludworth 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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