Holy Island War Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. A 20th century Memorial.
Holy Island War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-vestry-briar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Address
- Holy Island War Memorial, The Heugh, TD15 2RX
- OS grid reference
- NU 126 416
- Coordinates
- 55.66826, -1.80069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holy Island War Memorial is a significant structure made of Doddington stone. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it features a slender, tapering cross approximately 5 meters tall. The shaft has a lozenge shape, and its short cross arms are connected to the base with stop chamfers and cyma moulding. The cross rises from a three-stage base that sits on a low, circular step.
On the east face of the middle stage of the base, the principal inscription reads "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914 – 1918." The west face bears a similar inscription for the later conflict, stating "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1939 – 1945." The names of the fallen are carved into the faces of the lower stage.
The memorial is located on The Heugh, south of the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, providing a view of Lindisfarne Castle and the harbour, with the Farne Islands visible to the east.
Local climate
Holy Island War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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