Butterknowle War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 2016. War memorial.
Butterknowle War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- watchful-courtyard-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Butterknowle War Memorial, Memorial Cottages, Pinfold Lane, Lynesack and Softley, DL13 5NX
- OS grid reference
- NZ 105 257
- Coordinates
- 54.62688, -1.83859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butterknowle War Memorial is located on the north side of Pinfold Lane in central Butterknowle. It features a stone obelisk that is square in shape and rises from a pedimented plinth, which is set on a four-stage base. The memorial is surrounded by a low stone wall topped with railings and can be accessed from the pavement through a wrought iron gate.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth states: "TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN/ OF BUTTERKNOWLE/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - - 1918." Below this, on the upper stage of the base, is a quotation: “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS.” ST JOHN 15C 3V, followed by “LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN” on the stage below.
The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on either side of the plinth. Below the scriptural quotations, the dedication for the Second World War reads: "ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945 (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER."
Local climate
Butterknowle War Memorial receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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