South African War Memorial in Crow Nest Park, 300 Yards East of Crow Nest House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. War memorial.

South African War Memorial in Crow Nest Park, 300 Yards East of Crow Nest House

WRENN ID
lesser-bronze-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SE 234 213
Coordinates
53.68808, -1.64626
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South African War Memorial, located in Crow Nest Park, 300 yards east of Crow Nest House, commemorates the South African War (1899-1902). The memorial features a life-sized bronze statue of an infantryman holding a rifle. The base of the memorial is made of square, stepped red granite. Each side of the base displays a bronze plaque listing the names of those who fell, organized by regiment.

Local climate

South African War Memorial in Crow Nest Park, 300 Yards East of Crow Nest House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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