War Memorial, Benches, Walls, Piers, Terrace and Steps is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.
War Memorial, Benches, Walls, Piers, Terrace and Steps
- WRENN ID
- swift-span-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Benches, Walls, Piers, Terrace and Steps, Hawkey's Lane
- OS grid reference
- NZ 348 685
- Coordinates
- 55.01037, -1.45726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, benches, walls, piers, terrace, and steps located on Hawkey's Lane in Tynemouth were constructed around 1920. The memorial features walls and piers made of Portland stone, with bronze panels in low relief. The terrace is paved with sandstone and has granite steps. The wide cenotaph has a projecting center adorned with low-relief panels depicting an angel and uniformed men, a bronze-wreathed band, and low pyramidal coping. Classical-style benches are positioned against canted walls that extend forward on either side, ending in low square piers with projecting panels facing the street. The granite steps lead up to a flagged terrace that is enclosed by walls. The panels on the canted walls are inscribed with the following texts: "TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF HONOUR TREASURED IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY" on the left, and "THIS MONUMENT AND THE INFIRMARY EXTENSION WERE ERECTED AS THE TOWN'S WAR MEMORIAL IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE" on the right.
Local climate
War Memorial, Benches, Walls, Piers, Terrace and Steps 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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