Greenside War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. Memorial.
Greenside War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- proud-grate-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Greenside War Memorial, Junction of Lead Road and Spen Lane, County Durham, NE40 4BS
- OS grid reference
- NZ 139 620
- Coordinates
- 54.95334, -1.78403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Greenside War Memorial is located at the north-east corner of a small memorial garden between Lead Road and Spen Lane. It stands approximately 6 meters tall and is made of Greenlaw stone, taking the form of a Classical obelisk. The slender obelisk, which has a square base, features a small swag and the inscription "PRO PATRIA" carved in low relief on the front face. The foot of the obelisk is decorated with laurels on each side, also carved in low relief.
The obelisk is supported by a tall corniced pedestal that sits on a three-stage base. The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on the four faces of the pedestal. The top stage of the base bears the main dedicatory inscriptions:
- On the north-east face: "SEE TO IT THAT THESE SHALL/ NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
- On the north-west face: "IN THANKFUL RECOGNITION OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES,/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR."
- On the south-east face: "ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ GREENSIDE"
- On the south-west face: "FOR RIGHT, FREEDOM/ AND FOR PEACE"
The names of those commemorated from the Second World War are recorded on the front faces of the middle stage of the base. The front of the middle stage is inscribed with "1939 – 1945," while the front face of the bottom stage has "1914 – 1918" carved in low relief. A small rectangular bronze plaque attached to the north-west face of the bottom stage repeats one group of First World War names. The memorial is surrounded by a low stone kerb that is decorated with eight plain stone cubes.
Local climate
Greenside War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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