War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-courtyard-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Hexham Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 202 621
- Coordinates
- 54.95366, -1.68594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Swalwell, Whickham, was built in 1918 by W.H. Wood. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features inscribed panels made of Lakeland slate. The memorial is octagonal and designed in the Perpendicular style. It has a wide step leading up to a double-chamfered pedestal, which is inscribed with the words "UNVEILED BY THE RT. HON. EARL OF DURHAM K.C. LORD LIEUTENANT EASTER MONDAY 1918," and displays nine panels listing the names of those who died in the two World Wars. Above these panels, there is low-relief lettering, and the sloped coping is supported by moulded and coped buttresses that define ogee-headed panels containing blank shields beneath a string course. The tall tapered shaft is decorated with foliage and topped with a cross finial.
Local climate
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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