War memorial, (in front of) 10-12 Central Promenade, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co. Down is a Grade B2 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 3 December 1993. Memorial. 1 related planning application.

War memorial, (in front of) 10-12 Central Promenade, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co. Down

WRENN ID
night-steel-wind
Grade
B2
Local Planning Authority
Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency
South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
3 December 1993
Type
Memorial
Address
War memorial, (in front of) 10-12 Central Promenade, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co. Down, BT33 0AA
Irish grid reference
J 376 309
Coordinates
54.20933, -5.89096
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This granite war memorial was erected around 1925 as a memorial to those from the Newcastle area who fell in the Great War. The figure of the lion was carved by Frank Wiles, and later, the names of those who fell in World War II were added to the plinth. The memorial is constructed entirely in Mourne granite and comprises a tall rectangular plinth surmounted by an Art Deco figure of a lion at ease. The names of the fallen from both world wars are inscribed on the sides of the plinth. Originally situated slightly further south, the memorial was repositioned around 1986 to make way for the entrance façade of the ‘Tropicana’ swimming pool, now in front of the former Annesley Hotel (now the ‘Newcastle Centre’).

Local climate

War memorial, (in front of) 10-12 Central Promenade, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co. Down sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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