Whitfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2017. War memorial.
Whitfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ruined-bracket-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Whitfield War Memorial, Holy Trinity Churchyard, A686, Plenmeller with Whitfield, NE47 8LR
- OS grid reference
- NY 779 568
- Coordinates
- 54.90586, -2.34538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitfield War Memorial is located in an enclosure within the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity, which is also listed at Grade II*. It overlooks the main road through West Allendale. The enclosure features a front wall with central gates and a curved hedge at the back. The memorial itself stands just over 3 meters tall and is designed as a wheel-head cross with an octagonal section. It has a wreath carved in low relief on the cross head and a reversed sword carved in low relief on the face of the cross. The large moulded foot of the cross shaft rests on an octagonal plinth, which is set on a stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the cross shaft foot reads, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The names of those commemorated are recorded on three faces of the plinth, organized by regiment. An inscription for the Second World War is located around the base of the plinth, stating, "GIVING THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE WAR 1939-1945."
Local climate
Whitfield War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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