George Stephenson Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1965. Memorial. 3 related planning applications.

George Stephenson Memorial

WRENN ID
narrow-keystone-smoke
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1965
Type
Memorial
Address
George Stephenson Memorial, Westgate Road, NE1 1TT
OS grid reference
NZ 247 639
Coordinates
54.96961, -1.61498
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The George Stephenson Memorial is a statue located on Westgate Road in Newcastle upon Tyne, built in 1862 by J. G. Lough. It is made of sandstone and bronze. The memorial features a wide square step leading up to a heavily rusticated plinth, which supports a tapered octagonal pedestal. Atop this pedestal is a seated heroic figure of George Stephenson. The corners of the pedestal are adorned with four over-life-size figures that represent different aspects of Stephenson's work: a miner, a locomotive engineer, a blacksmith, and a bridge builder.

Local climate

George Stephenson Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
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