Birchcliffe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2018. War memorial.
Birchcliffe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-panel-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Birchcliffe War Memorial, the Birchcliffe Centre, Formerly Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, Hebden Royd, HX7 8DQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 994 274
- Coordinates
- 53.74337, -2.00907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birchcliffe War Memorial is a stone cenotaph located to the right of the main approach to the former Birchcliffe Baptist Church. It features a central full-height panel that is set forward and inscribed, adorned with a bronze wreath at the top above an egg and dart band. The cenotaph is flanked by stepped, curved curtain walls that have inset bronze plaques with stone surrounds, inscribed with the names of those who fell. Inverted bronze torches are positioned on either side of the plaques, symbolizing the extinguishing of the lives of the Fallen. The memorial stands on a single stepped base at a raised site, accessible by a set of four steps.
The front face of the cenotaph bears an incised inscription that reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 THEY LAID THEIR RICHEST GIFT - THEIR LIVES - ON THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE LET THEIR NAMES BE REMEMBERED."
Local climate
Birchcliffe War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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