First World War Memorial and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. War memorial.

First World War Memorial and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
fossil-merlon-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1994
Type
War memorial
Address
First World War Memorial and Attached Railings, Paragon Square
OS grid reference
TA 092 288
Coordinates
53.74422, -0.3442
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The First World War Memorial, designed by sculptor T. Harold Hughes, was completed in 1924 and is located in Paragon Square, Kingston upon Hull. It is made of granite and Portland stone, featuring bronze railings. The memorial has a stepped base that supports a pylon-shaped monument with a moulded plinth and a plain cornice. The front face includes an attached credence, above which is an inscription and a coat of arms encircled by a wreath. In front of the pylon stands a separate tapered pedestal. On either side of the memorial, there are sloping coped walls that return at the ends to create square enclosures, which culminate in pedestals topped with urns. Low bronze railings with posts shaped like lions' heads enclose a garden area in front of the memorial.

Local climate

First World War Memorial and Attached Railings receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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