Thompson Memorial in Centre of Green, with Posts to North and South is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. Memorial.

Thompson Memorial in Centre of Green, with Posts to North and South

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1994
Type
Memorial
Address
Thompson Memorial in Centre of Green, with Posts to North and South, the Green
OS grid reference
NZ 384 585
Coordinates
54.91976, -1.40218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thompson Memorial, located in the center of The Green in Southwick, is a lamp standard memorial dedicated to Robert Thompson, erected around 1912. The memorial features a cast-iron fluted Corinthian column on a base, adorned with a low relief portrait panel and an inscription that honors Robert Thompson, who served as Chairman of the local committee for 25 years, as well as the restoration of The Green in 1912. Decorative frames are positioned on each side of the column. The memorial is topped with scroll brackets that support a tall finial and two arched arms, from which bowl lamps are suspended. Additionally, fluted cast-iron posts with bud finials are placed approximately 4 meters to the north and south of the memorial to prevent vehicles from entering the path. The founder's plaque indicates that it was made by JAS Allan Snr & Son Ltd. at the Elmbank Foundry in Glasgow.

Local climate

Thompson Memorial in Centre of Green, with Posts to North and South 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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