War Memorial (Boer War) is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. War memorial.
War Memorial (Boer War)
- WRENN ID
- narrow-bonework-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial (Boer War), St Anns Square
- OS grid reference
- SJ 838 984
- Coordinates
- 53.48254, -2.24548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boer War Memorial, located in St Ann's Square, Manchester, was created in 1907 by the sculptor Hamo Thornycroft. It features a marble plinth and a bronze-clad pedestal topped with a marble cornice. The memorial has a square base and a slightly tapered square pedestal adorned with bronze plaques that list the names of those who fell in the war. Atop the pedestal is a bronze sculptural group depicting a bare-headed rifleman who is protecting a wounded comrade.
Local climate
War Memorial (Boer War) 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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