Aberford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 11 related planning applications.
Aberford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-bronze-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Aberford War Memorial, Bunkers Hill, Yorkshire, Lotherton Cum Aberford, LS25 3DP
- OS grid reference
- SE 433 364
- Coordinates
- 53.82234, -1.34324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aberford War Memorial is a First World War memorial, designed in 1922 by Sydney Kitson FRIBA, with later additions commemorating the Second World War. It stands on a grass verge, slightly set back from the Great North Road on the eastern side of Bunkers Hill.
The memorial is a classical-style cenotaph consisting of a blocked, rusticated arch, with a projecting moulded cornice, topped by a stylised, two-stepped pyramidal sarcophagus. It rises from a two-stepped plinth, which sits on a concrete base. Each of the north and south elevations feature a square frame containing a laurel cross carved in relief. The rear elevation has a rusticated, tooled surface. The main (west) elevation features a recessed arch with a quarry-faced keystone and crossettes, springing from a projecting fluted impost band that encircles the monument. Two green Westmorland slate tablets are set within the recessed arch and bear black lettering dedicating the memorial “TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF ABERFORD/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (24 NAMES)/ AND OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (10 NAMES)/ YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED/ IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.” The memorial is constructed from tooled Portland stone, with a concrete base.
Local climate
Aberford War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- 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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