War Memorial and Railings Surrounding is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.

War Memorial and Railings Surrounding

WRENN ID
western-quartz-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1986
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial and Railings Surrounding, Front Street
OS grid reference
NZ 322 724
Coordinates
55.04575, -1.49647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located in Earsdon on Front Street, was erected around 1919. It is made of granite and features bronze lettering. The memorial includes a statue of a marine positioned on a tall, square rock-faced granite plinth and pedestal, which has inset panels listing the names of those who died in the Great War from 1914 to 1918. Surrounding the memorial are iron railings supported by cast iron spiral posts.

Local climate

War Memorial and Railings Surrounding 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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