War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pitched-pilaster-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme MP: Afzal Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Ardwick Green Park
- OS grid reference
- SJ 850 972
- Coordinates
- 53.47194, -2.22631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, located in Ardwick Green Park, was built in the early 1920s and is made of Portland stone. It has a square section and is raised on a base of three steps. The plinth features a sphinx with the word "EGYPT" inscribed on it. Above this, there is a tall square pedestal adorned with inscriptions and festoons, which is supported at the corners by Ionic columns. The entablature includes a lettered frieze and a dentilled cornice topped with a scrolled blocking course. The north side of the pedestal is inscribed with "GLORIOUS MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE 8TH (ARDWICK) BATTALION MANCHESTER REGIMENT (etc) 1914-1918," while the west side commemorates the years 1939-1945 with similar lettering. The frieze features raised lettering, including "FLANDERS" on the north side and "EGYPT" on the west side.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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