War Memorial in King Edward VII Memorial Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial in King Edward VII Memorial Park
- WRENN ID
- night-hall-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1984
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in King Edward VII Memorial Park, Parkside
- OS grid reference
- SE 190 251
- Coordinates
- 53.72285, -1.7124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in King Edward VII Memorial Park is a First World War memorial built in 1922. It is made of sculptured limestone and features a square column on a square base. The column has scrolls on two sides and inscriptions on the other two sides. At the top, there is a segmentally pedimented design that is surmounted by a well-carved male and female figure, with the female figure holding a wreath. A shield forms the crest of the memorial. The entire structure is surrounded by an octagonal boundary wall, which includes copper plaques listing the names of those who fell.
Local climate
War Memorial in King Edward VII Memorial Park receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 1 application
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