Gravestone of Blackie the war horse is a Grade II listed building in the Knowsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2017. Gravestone.
Gravestone of Blackie the war horse
- WRENN ID
- guardian-storey-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood MP: Derek Twigg (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2017
- Type
- Gravestone
- Address
- Gravestone of Blackie the war horse, Rspca Liverpool Animal Centre, Higher Road, Halewood, L26 9TX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 454 847
- Coordinates
- 53.357, -2.82101
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gravestone of Blackie the war horse, dating from around 1942, is made of sandstone and commemorates a horse that served during the First World War. It is located in an overgrown area in the far north-west corner of a field on the western side of the site, accessible via a grassy walkway along the northern edge of the field boundary.
The gravestone features a triangular head with steps at each end. The inscription reads: 'BLACK HORSE/ ''BLACKIE''/ AGED 35 YEARS/ A BATTERY 275TH BRIGADE R.F.A. 55TH DIVISION/ FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1915-1918/ AT THE LIVERPOOL HORSES' REST/ 1930-1942'. The grave is currently covered with modern artificial turf and is surrounded by a low ornamental white picket fence.
Local climate
Gravestone of Blackie the war horse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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