War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- salt-arch-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Chapeltown, LS28 7RZ
- OS grid reference
- SE 219 329
- Coordinates
- 53.79247, -1.66856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Pudsey was built around 1921 by the architects Brierly and Rutherford from York, with a sculpture by Henry Poole from London. This tall cenotaph is made of Portland stone and features a bronze statue on top. It is accessed by a flight of three shallow steps and has a plinth and base adorned with bronze plaques listing the names of those who fell in the wars.
The memorial has recessed channelled quoins and long rectangular panels on each side, each topped with a bronze wreath. The front tablet is inscribed with the words: "THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF PUDSEY WHOSE LIVES WERE SACRIFICED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND IN THE WAR 1939-1945." The rear tablet states: "ERECTED ON THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT CHAPEL OF EASE OF ALL SAINTS WHICH WAS TAKEN DOWN IN 1879."
Above the cornice, there is a smaller plinth that supports the statue of a soldier dressed in the battledress of the First World War. The memorial is prominently located at the junction of two roads in the center of the town.
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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