Shotley Low Quarter War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.
Shotley Low Quarter War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dusted-zinc-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shotley Low Quarter War Memorial, The Churchyard, St John's Church, Burnmill Bank, Snods Edge, DH8 9TJ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 063 525
- Coordinates
- 54.86733, -1.90301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shotley Low Quarter War Memorial is a granite cross approximately 4 meters tall, located in the churchyard about 50 meters southwest of the Church of St John, which is also a Grade II-listed building. The memorial features a wheel-head cross, with the cross head adorned with a central hemispherical boss and intricate interlace patterns carved in relief. The cross shaft is supported by a three-stage base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the upper stage of the base reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE HEROES OF THIS PARISH/ WHO NOBLY GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY./ IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1918." Below this inscription are the names of eight individuals commemorated for their service in the First World War, listed on the middle stage. The lower stage features the quotation: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The dates 1939 – 1945 are inscribed on either side of the upper stage, with the names of those who served in the Second World War listed on the sides of the middle stage. All inscriptions are made with applied metal letters.
Local climate
Shotley Low Quarter War Memorial receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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