Brockholes War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Brockholes War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-hall-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Brockholes War Memorial, Junction of Oakes Lane and Brockholes Lane, West Yorkshire, Holme Valley, HD9 7EB
- OS grid reference
- SE 152 109
- Coordinates
- 53.59446, -1.7705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brockholes War Memorial is located at the roadside, at the junction of Brockholes Lane and Oakes Lane, facing the Victoria Recreation Ground in a residential area. Constructed from limestone, the memorial features a Latin cross that rises from the stepped and moulded coping of a low wall. The front face of the cross is adorned with a reversed sword carved in low relief. On either side of the wall's central panel are slightly curving flanking walls, also with moulded coping, which end in simple piers. Wreaths are carved in relief on these flanking walls, with the left wreath encircling the year 1914 and the right wreath encircling 1919.
Attached to the central panel of the wall is a rectangular granite tablet that bears the main inscriptions. The dedication reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR/ MANY SONS WHO SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ OF WHOSE GALLANT NUMBER THESE CAME NOT AGAIN/ (22 NAMES)/ SHALL WE FAIL THOSE WHO DIED?" Below this, a further granite tablet lists the years 1939 – 1945 and includes 8 names. All inscriptions are in metal lettering, attached to the stone and painted black.
Access to the memorial is via two shallow steps leading up from a small paved area, which is enclosed by iron railings mounted on a raised kerb. Two stone gate piers support the iron gates that provide entry to the memorial.
Local climate
Brockholes War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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