Harden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Harden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- iron-brick-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Shipley MP: Anna Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SE 085 383
- Coordinates
- 53.84113, -1.87096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harden War Memorial is a First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with names and dates from the Second World War added later. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and millstone grit and features a wayside cross design.
The memorial is situated to the east of St Saviour's Church on a prominent corner site at the junction of Harden Road, Wilsden Road, and Keighley Road, on raised ground. It stands on a stone-flagged platform that is accessed by a central flight of three steps, flanked by sandstone ashlar gate piers topped with flat pyramidal caps. The original ball finials seen in historic photographs have been removed. High ramped walls made of coursed millstone grit blocks with segmental copings surround the memorial. A low, stepped millstone grit retaining wall serves as the backdrop to the memorial and platform.
The memorial features a shaped hexagonal base topped by a Tuscan column and a cross. The front face of the base is inscribed with the word 'REMEMBER', with '1914' on the left side and '1919' on the right. The rear three faces are inscribed with '1939 - 1945'. The memorial is set on a two-stepped hexagonal plinth, with the top step displaying the names of the Fallen. The 21 names of those who died during the First World War are arranged in alphabetical order on the three front faces, while the 13 names of those who died during the Second World War are located on the three rear faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Harden War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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