War Memorial 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
- WRENN ID
- silver-chamber-swift
- 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, South View Road, BD4 6PH
- OS grid reference
- SE 198 292
- Coordinates
- 53.75923, -1.70023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, built around 1920, is made of stone. It features a square plinth that supports a square pedestal adorned with unfluted Doric columns and a full entablature. At the top, there is a well-sculpted female figure holding a wreath and palm. The pedestal bears the inscription "TO THE MEN OF HUNSWORTH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919," along with a list of names on the pedestal and two other sides.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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