War Memorial in Rydings Park is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial in Rydings Park

WRENN ID
sunken-plaster-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in Rydings Park, Halifax Road
OS grid reference
SE 142 230
Coordinates
53.70368, -1.78574
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial in Rydings Park was created by F. W. Doyle-Jones in 1922. It features a tall marble column on a plinth, topped with a high-quality bronze statue of a winged angel standing on a ball, holding a crown of laurels aloft. Originally intended for Thornton Square in Brighouse, the memorial's location was changed to Rydings Park before its dedication.

Local climate

War Memorial in Rydings Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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