High Spen War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
High Spen War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- turning-parapet-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- High Spen War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Patrick's Church, Lintzford Lane, Tyne and Wear, NE39 2AA
- OS grid reference
- NZ 145 586
- Coordinates
- 54.92243, -1.77505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The High Spen War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Patrick’s Church, near the driveway off Lintzford Lane. This memorial, made of light grey granite and approximately 4.5 meters tall, features a wheel-head cross atop a tall square pedestal. A sheathed sword is carved in low relief and appears to hang from the cross's belt on the front. The pedestal is set on a stepped base and is enclosed by a square kerbed area with low pyramidal pillars at each corner.
Each side of the pedestal has two recessed panels that hold dark stone plaques. The names of those who served in the First World War are inscribed in the upper panels, while the names from the Second World War are in the lower panels. The main dedicatory inscription is located in the upper panel on the front face, which reads: "BY THE LONG ROAD THEY TROD/ WITH SO MUCH FAITH AND WITH/ SUCH SELF-SACRIFICING BRAVERY/ WE HAVE ARRIVED AT VICTORY/ AND TODAY THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD (NAMES)." Additionally, the details of a soldier who died in 2007 are incised into the kerb at the front of the memorial.
Local climate
High Spen War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings