War Memorial about 7 metres north of mortuary chapels is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial about 7 metres north of mortuary chapels
- WRENN ID
- fallen-banister-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 188 630
- Coordinates
- 54.96155, -1.70688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a war memorial located about 7 metres north of the mortuary chapels on Shibdon Road in Blaydon. The memorial features a statue of a World War One soldier standing on a square pedestal. The pedestal displays the names of those who died in both World Wars on all four sides. It is surrounded by a low curb made of white granite, which is complemented by wrought iron rails and cast iron posts.
Local climate
War Memorial about 7 metres north of mortuary chapels 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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