War Memorial South of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. War memorial.

War Memorial South of Christ Church

WRENN ID
fossil-entrance-candle
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 South of Christ Church, Ryhope Street
OS grid reference
NZ 397 560
Coordinates
54.89738, -1.38126
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial located in the garden south of Christ Church was built around 1920 to honor the men of the parish who died in the Great War from 1914 to 1918. It is constructed of ashlar and has an octagonal plan. The memorial features three steps leading up to the pedestal, with alternate sides projecting outwards. The names of the deceased are carved into panels on the sides. It has a moulded plinth supporting a tall tapered octagonal shaft, which includes blind tracery below and on the cornice. At the top, there is a chamfered stone cross adorned with richly-carved foliate terminals.

Local climate

War Memorial South of Christ Church 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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