Newton Wood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. War memorial.
Newton Wood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- moated-passage-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Newton Wood War Memorial, Victoria Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 941 967
- Coordinates
- 53.46737, -2.08945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Newton Wood War Memorial is a war memorial built around 1920, designed by sculptor J.J. Hirst from Denton for the Newton Wood Committee. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features an aedicular design that stands on a stepped plinth. The memorial has pediments with carved tympana on all four sides, and engaged corner antae flank the rolls of honour. At the top, there is a carved crown.
Local climate
Newton Wood War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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