Middleton One Row St Laurence's War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Middleton One Row St Laurence's War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scarred-vestry-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Middleton One Row St Laurence's War Memorial, Former Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Church Lane, Middleton St. George, DL2 1AW
- OS grid reference
- NZ 348 123
- Coordinates
- 54.50555, -1.46264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Laurence's War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with additions for the Second World War and the Iraq War. It is made from pink and grey conglomerate and is located at the entrance to the former churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence. The memorial features a free-standing, roughly-hewn Celtic cross on a short, tapering shaft, which is set upon a two-tiered pedestal accessed by two stone steps.
Carved in half relief over the crosspiece of the cross are a wreath and an eroded sword. The dedications and names are presented in applied lead lettering. The dedication to the fallen of the First World War is inscribed on the front face of the shaft, stating: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." Below this dedication, the names of the fallen are listed in two columns separated by a vertical line on the front face of the upper pedestal. The dedication for the Second World War is located on the left side of the upper pedestal, reading: "TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD 1939-1946," followed by names. Additionally, the name of a single Royal Military Policeman who fell in Iraq in 2003 has been added to the riser of the lower pedestal.
Local climate
Middleton One Row St Laurence's War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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