War Memorial in Duffy's Park is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial in Duffy's Park
- WRENN ID
- waning-wall-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1973
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Duffy's Park, King Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 097 252
- Coordinates
- 53.72361, -1.85407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Duffy's Park, dated 1922 and altered in 1947, is constructed of ashlar. It features a tapered rectangular stone pier that stands on three shallow steps and a chamfered plinth. The memorial includes inscriptions commemorating both World Wars, with a head plaque added to honor the 1939-45 war. Originally located in Belle Vue Park, it was moved to its current site around 1980.
Local climate
War Memorial in Duffy's Park 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 82% 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 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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