Eaglescliffe and Preston-on-Tees War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stockton-on-Tees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 2016. War memorial.
Eaglescliffe and Preston-on-Tees War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- western-stone-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Constituency
- Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Eaglescliffe and Preston-on-Tees War Memorial, Tittybottle Park, Victoria Road, Egglescliffe, TS16 0DF
- OS grid reference
- NZ 422 148
- Coordinates
- 54.52759, -1.34915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eaglescliffe and Preston-on-Tees War Memorial is located in the center of Tittybottle Park. Constructed around 5 meters tall from grey Aberdeen granite, it features a small blind wheel-head cross atop a tapering shaft. The shaft rises from the cornice of a slightly tapering pedestal, which has a moulded base that stands on two steps. The highly polished granite cross shaft is adorned with engraved patterns along the edges, acanthus leaves at the base, and additional patterning around the foot of the shaft.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal states: "ERECTED AT THE END OF THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR (1914 – 1919) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM EAGLESCLIFFE AND PRESTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN A JUST CAUSE. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on the two side faces of the pedestal, while the rear face bears the inscription: "TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE."
On the front face of the pedestal’s base, there is an inscription reading "ROLL OF HONOUR 2ND WORLD WAR (1939 – 1945)," with names listed on either side. Additionally, a soldier who died in 1950 is commemorated below the Second World War list on the left side.
Local climate
Eaglescliffe and Preston-on-Tees War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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