Memorial Plaque Attached to North West Side of Former Town Hall at Junction with High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1985. Memorial. 1 related planning application.

Memorial Plaque Attached to North West Side of Former Town Hall at Junction with High Street

WRENN ID
plain-groin-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Barnsley South MP: Stephanie Peacock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1985
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
SE 400 029
Coordinates
53.52197, -1.39756
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a Boer War memorial plaque, dating from around 1902, attached to the north-west side of the former Town Hall, situated at its junction with High Street in Wombwell. The plaque was created by G. Steele, a sculptor from Wombwell. It is constructed with a well-carved sandstone surround, and the panel itself is likely made of granite. Decorative corbels carved with lion’s heads and Yorkshire roses are positioned on either side of the inscription ‘DUTY NOBLY DONE’. An inscribed panel within a moulded architrave is flanked by half-detached figures of soldiers in battle dress depicted before draped flags. A shallow cornice sits beneath an ogee-headed feature, which incorporates a unicorn crest carved within foliage, with a crown at its apex. The inscription dedicates the plaque to the people of Wombwell who served in the Boer War of 1899-1902, and lists their names.

Local climate

Memorial Plaque Attached to North West Side of Former Town Hall at Junction with High Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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