War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. A Modern War memorial. 7 related planning applications.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
high-moat-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
War memorial
Period
Modern
Address
War Memorial, the Headrow
OS grid reference
SE 298 338
Coordinates
53.79979, -1.54768
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located on The Headrow in Leeds, was built in 1922 and restored in 1992. It was sculpted by Henry C Fahr and designed by J E Proctor to commemorate the First and Second World Wars. The memorial features marble octagonal steps, a plinth, and a squat obelisk adorned with carvings of owls, wreaths, and flags. On the north side, there is a bronze figure representing Peace, while the south side depicts War, featuring St George and the Dragon. The original bronze angel was replaced in 1992 by Ian Judd and Andy Elton. The memorial was moved to its current location from City Square in 1937, where it now stands at the east end of J E Proctor's Garden of Rest. It was initially topped with a bronze figure of Victory, which was removed in 1967.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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