Seaton Delaval War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2016. War memorial.
Seaton Delaval War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-railing-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Seaton Delaval War Memorial, Elsdon Avenue, Seaton Valley, NE25 0BL
- OS grid reference
- NZ 305 751
- Coordinates
- 55.06988, -1.52333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Seaton Delaval War Memorial is located in a garden on the north side of Elsdon Avenue. Made from Creetown granite, it stands approximately 6.5 meters tall and features a small Latin cross atop a tapering, buttressed shaft. The shaft rises from a moulded pedestal, which is decorated on each side with carved wreaths suspended from ribbons. This pedestal sits on the corniced top of a plinth, which is supported by a four-stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "FOR THE MOTHERLAND/ 1914 - 1918/ THESE MEN OF OURS, AT THE/ CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO/ THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS,/ FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY/ PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF/ MEN, BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE; GIV-/ ING UP THEIR OWN LIVES/ THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN/ FREEDOM./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES/ ARE NOT FORGOTTEN." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are inscribed on the other three faces of the memorial.
A dedication for the Second World War is found on the tread of the upper-most step, stating: "TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1939 – 1945," with the names of the commemorated individuals listed on the risers of the step.
Local climate
Seaton Delaval War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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