War memorial outside St Hilda's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.
War memorial outside St Hilda's Church
- WRENN ID
- tenth-barrel-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial outside St Hilda's Church, The Churchyard, Church Way, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 1DX
- OS grid reference
- NZ 360 670
- Coordinates
- 54.99675, -1.43778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial is located in the churchyard of St Hilda's Church, which is also a Grade II-listed building, to the west of the church. Constructed from Stancliffe stone, the memorial is approximately 7 meters tall and takes the shape of an early medieval cross. The cross shaft rises from a plinth that sits on a three-stepped base.
The front face of the cross head features intricate carvings of interlace and a relief of Christ crucified. Below this, the main dedicatory inscription is carved in relief on the cross shaft, which reads: "TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD THIS/ CROSS WAS/ ERECTED IN/ THE YEAR/ OF OUR/ LORD 1921,/ IN/ GRATEFUL/ REMEMBR/ ANCE OF/ THE DECLA/ RATION OF/ PEACE IN/ THE GREAT/ EUROPEAN/ WAR AND/ IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND FELL/ FOR THEIR/ SOVEREIGN/ AND EMPIRE/ BY SEA LAND/ AND AIR."
Below the dedication, three ornamental panels on the front face of the cross shaft display interlace patterns, symbols of the Passion, and three ammonites, which are the emblem of St Hilda. Additionally, a relief of St Hilda holding a model of her church is carved on the rear of the cross shaft. The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the four faces of the plinth.
The memorial is situated on a raised platform that is accessible via a rake of four steps from the east.
Local climate
War memorial outside St Hilda's Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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