South African War Memorial within St Cuthbert's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
South African War Memorial within St Cuthbert's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- tired-pier-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- South African War Memorial within St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- NZ 291 144
- Coordinates
- 54.52477, -1.55149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South African War Memorial, located within St Cuthbert's Churchyard, was erected in 1905 and unveiled by Lord Roberts. It features a life-size bronze figure of a rifleman climbing a hill, which is set on a rough plinth made of Shap granite. The memorial rests on two steps of paler granite. The piece is unsigned.
Local climate
South African War Memorial within St Cuthbert's Churchyard receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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