War Memorial in Memorial Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Memorial.
War Memorial in Memorial Gardens
- WRENN ID
- inner-rood-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Memorial Gardens, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 787 229
- Coordinates
- 53.7029, -2.3235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Memorial Gardens, dated 1924, is made of polished granite and features bronze statuary. It consists of a rectangular panelled pedestal, approximately 2.5 metres high, set on a two-step base. Atop the pedestal is a bronze statue depicting an infantryman with a rifle, protecting a fallen comrade. The base of the statue is inscribed on the right with "R F ROSLYN RSS" and on the left with "1924 E J PARLANTI FOUNDER LONDON."
Local climate
War Memorial in Memorial Gardens sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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