Winlaton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2017. War memorial.
Winlaton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lunar-spindle-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Winlaton War Memorial, St Paul's Churchyard, Scotland Head, Tyne and Wear, NE21 6PL
- OS grid reference
- NZ 175 619
- Coordinates
- 54.9517, -1.72759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Winlaton War Memorial is located outside the west end of the Church of St Paul, which is also listed as Grade II. Constructed from Chollerford stone, the memorial features a tall wheel-head cross inspired by the Monasterboice High Cross. The front face of the cross is elaborately decorated with carved interlace patterns and hemispherical bosses, and it includes a low relief carving of Christ crucified at the top of the cross. The cross shaft rises from the chamfered top of the plinth, which is set on a three-stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription starts on the front-facing chamfer of the plinth, stating, "UPON THE CRUCIFIED ONE LOOK/ AND THOU SHALT READ AS IN A BOOK/ WHAT WELL IS WORTH THY LEARNING," and continues on the front face of the plinth with, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, FOR KING AND FOR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945." The names of those commemorated are inscribed on each face of the plinth, including the chamfered top.
Local climate
Winlaton War Memorial 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 lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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