War Memorial Near Junction with Silk Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1991. War memorial.

War Memorial Near Junction with Silk Street

WRENN ID
half-banister-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Leigh and Atherton MP: Jo Platt (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1991
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial Near Junction with Silk Street, Church Street
OS grid reference
SD 658 002
Coordinates
53.49774, -2.51629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located near the junction with Silk Street in Leigh, was built in 1922 by J C Prestwich. It is made of ashlar Portland limestone and features a cenotaph set on a stepped base in the center of a memorial garden. The memorial is designed in a classical style, with a plinth that has re-entrant corners. On two sides, bronze plaques are set in architraves beneath wreaths and are flanked by engaged columns with fluted shafts and palm-leaf capitals. Above these is a dentilled cornice over friezes inscribed with the words 'OUR GLORIOUS DEAD'. At the top of the memorial is a stylised coffin adorned with crosses and a wreath. The sides display sculptured swords placed between bronze pikes, and the frieze is inscribed with the dates of both World Wars.

Local climate

War Memorial Near Junction with Silk Street 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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