Cleadon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Cleadon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-frieze-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cleadon War Memorial, Front Street, Tyne and Wear, SR6 7PG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 384 623
- Coordinates
- 54.95448, -1.40125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cleadon War Memorial is located in a garden on Front Street, in front of the Grade II-listed Cleadon Tower. It commemorates those who died in the First World War and subsequent conflicts. The memorial consists of a large, roughly hewn boulder of Heworth stone raised on a rocky cairn. A wreath is carved in low relief on the front face of the boulder, below a South Welsh slate plaque with a carved border of oak leaves. The main inscription reads “IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CLEADON WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ (14 NAMES)/ ALSO IN TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED/ (107 NAMES).”
The rocky cairn was originally round, encircling the boulder, but the front quadrant was cut away to accommodate a later addition for the Second World War. This addition is a rectangular stone altar with a sword carved in low relief on its upper surface. A South Welsh slate plaque on the altar’s front face reads “LET US ALSO REMEMBER/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (32 NAMES).”
At the foot of the altar stands a stone block shaped like an open book with metal plaques affixed to each page. The plaque on the left side commemorates “THOSE YOUNG/ MEN AND WOMEN/ FROM CLEADON/ COTTAGE HOMES/ WHO SERVED/ DURING THE/ WORLD WARS/ 1914-1919/ 1939-1945.” The plaque on the right displays a quote from Rudyard Kipling: “THEY THAT PUT/ ASIDE TODAY/ ALL THE JOYS/ OF THEIR TODAY/ AND WITH TOIL/ OF THEIR TODAY/ BOUGHT FOR US/ TOMORROW.”
The garden is enclosed by a chain supported on low posts. A flagpole stands to the rear of the memorial, but these features are not considered of special significance.
Local climate
Cleadon War Memorial 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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