Preston Colliery War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 2012. War memorial.
Preston Colliery War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-wattle-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Preston Colliery War Memorial, Preston Cemetery, Walton Avenue, North Shields
- OS grid reference
- NZ 342 691
- Coordinates
- 55.01571, -1.46631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Preston Colliery War Memorial is made of silver-grey granite with bronze details and lettering. It features a tall, slender, gently tapering octagonal obelisk that rests on an octagonal pedestal, which is supported by a three-stepped octagonal base. Near the top of the obelisk, the diagonal faces have projecting blocks that form an armless cross. The pedestal is adorned with eight carved bosses, and a bronze sword of sacrifice is fixed to the face of the obelisk.
The first panel of the pedestal has an inscription in lead lettering that reads: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-18 / PRESTON COLLIERY." Below this, on the top step of the base, is the inscription: "ERECTED BY/J A RITSON & SON." The names of the 65 Fallen are inscribed on panels two to six of the pedestal.
Local climate
Preston Colliery War Memorial 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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