Boldon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 2016. Memorial. 5 related planning applications.
Boldon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- drifting-lancet-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Boldon War Memorial, Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0TE
- OS grid reference
- NZ 366 612
- Coordinates
- 54.94447, -1.42866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boldon War Memorial stands in a small garden on the south side of Front Street, East Boldon, accessible from the pavement by a short flight of four steps. It consists of a stone Celtic cross, approximately 6.5 metres tall, set upon a chamfered pedestal. The pedestal is supported by a square base with two steps.
The front face of the cross features richly ornamented foliage carved in low relief, and a depiction of St George slaying the dragon at the base of the cross shaft. Blind panels mark the sides of the shaft. The primary inscription on the front of the pedestal reads "THE PEOPLE OF BOLDON / RECORD IN EVER / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / THE NAMES / OF THEIR BROTHERS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. / THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US / BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY / 1 SAMUEL XXV 16."
A later dedication, inscribed on a stone inset into the sloping front face of the base, reads "LET US ALSO REMEMBER / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on stone plaques affixed to the left and right sides of the pedestal. The garden is enclosed by a low retaining wall, with two garden benches and two small planters situated on the lawn either side of the memorial. These garden elements are not considered to be of special interest.
Local climate
Boldon War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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