War Memorial at West End is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. War memorial.
War Memorial at West End
- WRENN ID
- other-granite-heron
- 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 at West End, the Green
- OS grid reference
- NZ 412 529
- Coordinates
- 54.86924, -1.35898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial at the west end of The Green in Ryhope commemorates those who served in the Great War and World War II. It was constructed around 1920 using ashlar and bronze materials. The memorial features an octagonal stepped base that supports a high, panelled, corniced plinth topped with a tall, tapered, chamfered cross, which has a low relief cross and leaves.
On the east face of the base, there is a long inscription made up of individual bronze letters, although some letters have been removed. A plaque on the north side honors an airman who received a posthumous Victoria Cross for avoiding Ryhope during a crash landing. The west face of the base displays the words "PRO PATRIA GREAT WAR 1914-1918" in large letters. Additionally, there are eight panels on the plinth, each listing about 50 names of those who served in World War I.
Local climate
War Memorial at West End 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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