War Memorial with Railings and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. War memorial.
War Memorial with Railings and Gates
- WRENN ID
- moated-sentry-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1994
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial with Railings and Gates, Burdon Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 397 566
- Coordinates
- 54.90332, -1.38093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial located on Burdon Road in Sunderland was built around 1925 to commemorate those who served in World War I. It was designed by R.A. Ray, an artist and sculptor. The memorial is made of granite and features a bronze figure of the Angel of Victory, which holds a globe atop a tall Tuscan column. The column is adorned with a laurel leaf band at its base and an egg and dart echinus.
The tall moulded plinth includes carved laurel wreaths and upturned torches in low relief, with inscriptions on the west side reading "A TRIBUTE TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD," on the north side "1914-1918," and on the south side "1939-1945." The memorial is accessed by four steps leading up to a platform, which is flanked by dwarf walls that have nail-head studs in the coping.
Surrounding the memorial are wrought-iron railings and gates featuring a cross-in-circle motif, with paired principal uprights and top rails. Additionally, there are four lamp standards positioned a short distance from the corners of the memorial, which are contemporary to the structure and are listed individually.
Local climate
War Memorial with Railings and Gates 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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