War Memorial in Village Square is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. War memorial.

War Memorial in Village Square

WRENN ID
twisted-baluster-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1987
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in Village Square, Cramlington
OS grid reference
NZ 266 769
Coordinates
55.0863, -1.58412
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial in the village square of Cramlington was built around 1919. It is made of granite and wrought iron. The memorial features a stepped octagonal base with a moulded cornice and inscriptions inlaid in lead. This base supports a tapering square shaft of polished stone, which has a wreath at its foot. At the top of the memorial is a statue of a knight in armour holding a sword.

Local climate

War Memorial in Village Square receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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