Byker War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2016. War memorial.
Byker War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gravel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Byker War Memorial, Brian Roycroft Court, St Silas Church, NE6 1PT
- OS grid reference
- NZ 266 646
- Coordinates
- 54.97568, -1.58563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Byker War Memorial is located in a small garden between Brian Roycroft Court and the Church of St Silas, which is also a listed building. The memorial features a hooded Calvary cross made of sandstone, standing approximately 5 meters tall. The cross shaft rises from an octagonal plinth that has a shallow cornice and a moulded foot. This plinth is set on a two-stepped base, with what was originally the lowest step now integrated into the garden paving.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO/ BROUGHT HONOUR/ TO THIS DISTRICT/ BY GIVING THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919." The names of those commemorated are listed on the other faces of the plinth and on the moulded foot.
Local climate
Byker War 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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