Clifton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 2018. War memorial.
Clifton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-moat-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Clifton War Memorial, St Philip and St James' Churchyard, Shipton Road, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 592 531
- Coordinates
- 53.97064, -1.09771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clifton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in the churchyard to the south-west of the Grade II-listed Church of St Philip and St James. It is positioned next to the churchyard wall, railings, and gate, which are also Grade II-listed, with several other Grade II-listed buildings nearby.
The memorial is made of Portland stone and features an ornamental cross fleurée, which has trefoil details between the arms of the cross and a central inset lozenge panel with a floral motif carved in shallow relief. This cross is set atop a tapering, octagonal shaft that includes a moulded collar and a square foot with inverted chamfer stops. The shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth that has a chamfered foot and sits on a single-step, square base. Each side of the plinth has an inset fielded panel that displays inscriptions or names in incised lettering, painted black.
The main inscription is located on the south-west face of the plinth and reads: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ CLIFTON AS A LASTING/ TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY/ AND DEVOTION OF THE/ MEN OF THE PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 WHOSE NAMES/ ARE INSCRIBED HEREON." Below this, at the foot of the plinth, are the dates 1914 – 1919. The names of the 48 servicemen who died are inscribed on the other three faces of the plinth, along with their rank and regiment.
Local climate
Clifton War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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