Felton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2016. War memorial.
Felton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-sill-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Felton War Memorial, Riverside, NE65 9HL
- OS grid reference
- NU 184 002
- Coordinates
- 55.29632, -1.71114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Felton War Memorial is a 5-meter tall structure made of Aberdeen granite, located at the roadside on the north bank of the River Coquet. It features a Celtic cross that is richly decorated with intricate interlace patterns carved in low relief on both the wheel-head and the cross shaft. The shaft rises from a small pedestal, which is set on a tapering plinth, and the entire memorial is elevated on a square three-stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads: "PRO PATRIA/ 1914 – 1919/ A TRIBUTE OF/ REVERENT REMEMBRANCE TO/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD." The names of those who served in the First World War are listed by township on the faces of the plinth:
- North face: FELTON (16 NAMES)
- East face: THIRSTON (13 NAMES)
- West face: ACTON (2 NAMES), ESHOTT (6 NAMES), SWARLAND (3 NAMES)
Additionally, a sloping plaque at the front foot of the memorial commemorates the Second World War, reading: "1939 – 1945/ FELTON (2 NAMES), THIRSTON (1 NAME), ACTON (2 NAMES), ESHOTT (2 NAMES), SWARLAND (5 NAMES)."
The memorial is surrounded by low metal posts connected by a chain.
Local climate
Felton War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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