Meldon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2018. Memorial.

Meldon War Memorial

WRENN ID
small-quartz-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 2018
Type
Memorial
Address
Meldon War Memorial, Outside the Old School House, Morpeth, NE61 3TW
OS grid reference
NZ 118 839
Coordinates
55.15012, -1.81508
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Meldon War Memorial is located outside the front wall of the former School House, about 130 meters north of the Church of St John the Baptist and approximately 75 meters north of Meldon Village Farmhouse. It features a large stone pedestal with a moulded top, which stands on a two-stepped circular base. The front of the pedestal is shaped like a shield.

This shield is inscribed with a dedicatory message that reads: "ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY AND IN GRATEFUL THANKS FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF ALL THOSE MEN WHO LEFT THE PARISH TO SERVE IN THE GREAT WAR." The years 1914 and 1919 are carved on either side of the base of the shield.

Local climate

Meldon War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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