Newbiggin War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 2005. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.

Newbiggin War Memorial

WRENN ID
swift-lead-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 2005
Type
War memorial
Address
Newbiggin War Memorial, Woodhorn Road, Newbiggin by the Sea, NE64 6JD
OS grid reference
NZ 307 882
Coordinates
55.18754, -1.51821
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Newbiggin War Memorial is a First World War memorial commissioned by the Newbiggin Colliery Company. It was designed by Messrs Cackett and Burns Dick and unveiled on July 9, 1921, by Major-General Sir R A Kerr Montgomery. The memorial is made of granite, sandstone, and bronze. It features a Doric granite column mounted on a square pedestal with a circular stepped base, situated at the center of a large circular platform. A concrete seat with a panelled parapet surrounds three-quarters of the memorial. On the front of the pedestal, there is a bronze tablet inscribed with the words: "To the Glorious Memory/of the 575 Officers and men/from Newbiggin Colliery/who served in the/Great War 1914-1918/of whom 92/died in the Cause/of/Liberty." The memorial reflects the strong connections between the Newbiggin Colliery community and those who served and sacrificed during the war, with 40% of its workforce having enlisted.

Local climate

Newbiggin War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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