Boer War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1988. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Boer War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- white-pilaster-vetch
- 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
- 22 March 1988
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Boer War Memorial, Paragon Square
- OS grid reference
- TA 092 288
- Coordinates
- 53.74421, -0.34438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boer War Memorial, located in Paragon Square, Kingston upon Hull, is a war memorial created by Leeds Marble Works and was unveiled in November 1904. It features a battered square granite pedestal with bronze memorial tablets on three sides and a coved plinth. Atop the pedestal are two larger than life-size figures of soldiers in action, mounted on a rock base, each equipped with bronze rifles.
Local climate
Boer War Memorial 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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