Low Moor Explosion Bradford City Fire Brigade Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Low Moor Explosion Bradford City Fire Brigade Memorial
- WRENN ID
- watchful-bonework-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Low Moor Explosion Bradford City Fire Brigade Memorial, Oakroyd Hall, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, BD11 2EQ
- OS grid reference
- SE 203 278
- Coordinates
- 53.7467, -1.69354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Low Moor Explosion Bradford City Fire Brigade Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated to the fire brigade, unveiled in 1924. It is made of Creetown Granite and features a life-sized and accurate representation of a fireman in contemporary uniform, advancing forward while holding a hose and branch pipe. The figure is mounted on a pedestal with a moulded base that includes carved corner scroll brackets separated by garlanded swags. The pedestal is tall and has an inverted cornice, a simple moulded architrave, plain rectangular panels, recessed corner pilasters, and a two-tier plain plinth, all resting on a square base.
The south-east (front) panel of the pedestal is inscribed with the following text: "ERECTED BY THE BRADFORD CITY COUNCIL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEVOTION TO DUTY OF THE UNDERNAMED MEMBERS OF BRADFORD CITY FIRE BRIGADE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE EXPLOSION CAUSED BY A FIRE AT LOW MOOR MUNITION WORKS ON THE 21ST AUGUST 1916: NAMES."
Local climate
Low Moor Explosion Bradford City Fire Brigade Memorial 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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