War Memorial in Grounds of Sir William Turners Sixth Form College is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1988. War memorial.
War Memorial in Grounds of Sir William Turners Sixth Form College
- WRENN ID
- sunken-brick-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Constituency
- Redcar MP: Anna Turley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1988
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Grounds of Sir William Turners Sixth Form College, Redcar Lane
- OS grid reference
- NZ 608 230
- Coordinates
- 54.59893, -1.05954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, designed by sculptor Jas. Taggart from Aberdeen, was erected in 1922 and is located in the grounds of Sir William Turner's Sixth Form College on Redcar Lane. Made of red granite, it features a Celtic cross and shaft on a plain tapered pedestal, which stands on a rock-faced, rusticated, and stepped plinth. The east face of the cross and shaft is intricately carved with Celtic interlace and medallion ornament within a plain border. An inscription in applied metal lettering on the east face of the pedestal reads:
"IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 MEN WORTHY OF ALL THEY LEARNED HERE AND AN EXAMPLE TO THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM."
The names of the fallen are listed below this inscription, and the name of the sculptor is inscribed on the north side of the plinth. Originally, the memorial was placed at the former Sir William Turner's Grammar School on Coatham Road in Redcar but was moved to its current location in 1975.
Local climate
War Memorial in Grounds of Sir William Turners Sixth Form College receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% 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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