War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool is a Grade II listed building in the Hartlepool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial.

War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool

WRENN ID
old-bronze-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hartlepool
Constituency
Hartlepool MP: Mr Jonathan Brash (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool, Brougham Terrace, TS24 8EY
OS grid reference
NZ 506 334
Coordinates
54.6938, -1.21524
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial is located outside St Oswald's Church in West Hartlepool, on the south side overlooking Brougham Terrace. It is nearly 5 meters tall and is designed as a hooded crucifixion made of Windy Nook stone. The cross shaft rises from the corniced top of an octagonal plinth, which features a frieze of carved rosettes along the cornice. The plinth is set on a three-stepped base.

The main dedicatory inscription is incised on the front face of the cross shaft at the foot, stating: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FOR COUNTRY, FOR HOME AND FOR US GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of those commemorated are carved on the eight faces of the plinth.

Local climate

War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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