War Memorial by the Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 2006. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial by the Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- quiet-pilaster-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 2006
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial by the Church of St Giles, Birtley
- OS grid reference
- NY 877 779
- Coordinates
- 55.09609, -2.19294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial by the Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed structure created by Messrs Beattie & Co. It is made of white marble and features a Latin cross adorned with a wreath and a slung rifle, all carved in relief on the shaft of the cross. The memorial is set on a two-part plinth, with the upper section designed to resemble a scroll that bears the inscription "IN/HONOUR OF/THE MEN/FROM THIS PARISH/WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914-1918."
The names of those who fell are inscribed in a single column on the front face of the main plinth, along with an inscription noting "1939 -1945" on the left side. The memorial stands on a two-stepped base. This elegant memorial commemorates the dead of both the First and Second World Wars.
Local climate
War Memorial by the Church of St Giles receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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