Horncliffe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2016. War memorial.
Horncliffe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dark-pediment-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Horncliffe War Memorial, Main Street, TD15 2XW
- OS grid reference
- NT 930 498
- Coordinates
- 55.74235, -2.11303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horncliffe War Memorial is a tall structure made of Red Doddington sandstone, located outside Berwick United Reformed Church on Main Street in Horncliffe. Designed in an early medieval style, the memorial takes the form of a cross, with its front surface intricately carved in elaborate interlace patterns.
At the base of the cross shaft, a principal dedicatory inscription reads: "IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HORNCLIFFE AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." The cross shaft rises from a tapering plinth that features a moulded foot and is set on a stone step with a concrete base.
The front face of the plinth lists the 16 names of those who fell in the First World War. Additionally, the foot of the plinth includes the quotation: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS," with the date range "1939 – 1945" and the note "(1 NAME)" on the riser of the step.
Local climate
Horncliffe War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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