War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
empty-hearth-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1985
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Longhirst Village
OS grid reference
NZ 225 891
Coordinates
55.19595, -1.64792
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial in Longhirst Village was built around 1919 and is designed in a cenotaph style using ashlar stone. It features a plinth with inscriptions, elevated by two steps, and a tapering slab that includes a small bronze laurel wreath and has chamfered angles. The memorial is flanked by short wing walls that are rock-faced at the rear.

Local climate

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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