Armstrong Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Memorial.
Armstrong Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eternal-railing-gold
- 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
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Armstrong Memorial, Barras Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NZ 248 650
- Coordinates
- 54.97961, -1.61283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Armstrong Memorial, built between 1905 and 1906 and designed by Hamo Thornycroft, features a statue along with screen walls and piers. It includes sandstone steps, walls, piers, and a pedestal, with a bronze statue and low reliefs. The memorial has two curved steps leading up to a tall square pedestal that supports a life-size figure of Lord Armstrong. The square piers, which have plinths and bracketed pilasters with cornices, end in screen walls that display low-relief panels. The left panel depicts guns being lowered onto a ship, while the right panel features the Newcastle Swing Bridge.
Local climate
Armstrong 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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