War Memorial outside St Cuthbert's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2012. War memorial.

War Memorial outside St Cuthbert's Church

WRENN ID
final-span-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 2012
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial outside St Cuthbert's Church, Albion Road, North Shields
OS grid reference
NZ 350 684
Coordinates
55.00938, -1.45312
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial is located within the boundary walls of St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Church. It features a crucifix on a pyramidal-capped square pedestal, which sits on a larger square, shallow base. The tall Latin cross has a triangular pediment and displays a corpus Christi with a bearded head, crowned with thorns and tilted to the right. The arms are outstretched with fingers clasped, and a loose loincloth is tied over the right hip. The left knee is bent, and the feet are positioned one over the other. Above the figure, there is a carved scroll inscribed with "INRI."

On one side of the pyramidal cap, the inscription reads: "THIS CRUCIFIX / WAS ERECTED BY / THE PARISHIONERS / OF ST. CUTHBERT'S / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION / WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918."

The names of the 138 fallen are engraved in three columns on the front and sides of the pedestal, and the letters "R.I.P." are inscribed on the upper side of the base.

Local climate

War Memorial outside St Cuthbert's Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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