War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church Yard is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 2001. War memorial.
War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church Yard
- WRENN ID
- silent-mortar-alder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church Yard, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 392 890
- Coordinates
- 53.39483, -2.91565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial Cross, located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church in Wavertree, was created around 1920 by sculptor George Herbert Tyson Smith. It is made of ashlar limestone and features statuary and relief carving. The memorial consists of a tapering stone cross that rises from a stepped plinth on a truncated pyramidal base. The cross has a rectangular section with stub cross arms, and flanking the cross shaft are two classically-draped female figures, each holding laurel wreaths and standing on inset stepped plinths.
At the front base of the cross, there is a dedicatory panel inscribed with "To the enduring memory of Wavertree men who laid down their lives in the Great War." The rear panel features a relief sculpture of 'the Pelican in her Piety,' depicting a female pelican drawing blood from her own body to feed her young, above the inscription "Pro Patria 1914-1918," with "1939-1945" added below.
Tyson Smith, recognized as one of Liverpool's most notable sculptors, received this commission after serving in the Royal Flying Corps. He also completed the bronze relief panels on the Liverpool Cenotaph at St George's Hall. The memorial is part of a group with Holy Trinity Church.
Local climate
War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church Yard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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