Dunston Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 2015. War memorial.
Dunston Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- other-lantern-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 226 616
- Coordinates
- 54.94878, -1.64724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dunston Hill War Memorial is a granite structure located prominently at the junction of Ellison Road and King George Avenue. It features a tall, ornate Celtic cross with wheel-head arms, and both the front and rear faces of the shaft are adorned with intricate interlace patterns carved in relief. The shaft is elevated on a square plinth with chamfered corners, which in turn rests on a five-stepped octagonal base, placed on a three-stepped area of paving.
Each face of the plinth is divided into vertical panels that display inscriptions and names. Bronze lettering at the base of the shaft states "THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918." A bronze plaque on the central panel of the front face of the plinth reads, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THESE LAID THE/ WORLD AWAY/ POURED OUT THE/ RED SWEET WINE/ OF YOUTH GAVE/ UP THE YEARS TO/ BE OF WORK AND/ JOY AND THAT/ UNHOPED SERENE/ THAT MEN CALL/ AGE," with a wreath and palm fronds in relief decorating the bottom of the plaque.
Below this plaque, on the sloping face of the plinth base, is the inscription "REMEMBER ALSO/ THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945." Recessed panels on either side of the bronze plaque, as well as on the other three sides of the plinth, list the names of those who served in the First World War in carved and painted lettering. The names of those from the Second World War are carved and painted on the sloping face of the plinth base.
Local climate
Dunston Hill War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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