1914-18 War memorial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2012. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
1914-18 War memorial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton
- WRENN ID
- patient-hinge-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 2012
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- 1914-18 War memorial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton, St Bartholomews Church, Station Road, Benton
- OS grid reference
- NZ 276 690
- Coordinates
- 55.0156, -1.56955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 1914-18 War memorial is located in the churchyard of St Bartholomew in Longbenton. It features a tall and slender tapering octagonal white granite cross shaft topped with a bronze foliated circular cross head. The center of the cross head displays the entwined initials I H S, which are the first three letters of the Greek spelling of Jesus. The cross stands on a pair of tapering octagonal pedestals, all resting on a circular base.
The front face of the lower plinth bears the inscription: "LEST WE FORGET" and "ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION." The inscriptions on the second, third, and fourth faces of the upper plinth read: "1914-1918/ TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ AND WHOSE /NAMES ARE RECORDED/ ON A/ TABLET IN THE CHURCH."
On face six of the upper plinth, the names of ten men who fell on active service but are not recorded on the church tablet are inscribed, while face one lists the names of eight men who died of their wounds.
Local climate
1914-18 War memorial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton 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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