War Memorial at South Entrance to Nottingham High School is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. War memorial.

War Memorial at South Entrance to Nottingham High School

WRENN ID
eastward-buttress-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial at South Entrance to Nottingham High School, Arboretum Street, City of Nottingham
OS grid reference
SK 565 408
Coordinates
52.96222, -1.15888
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial at the south entrance to Nottingham High School was built around 1920. It is made of rockfaced Bulwell stone and Portland stone ashlar, featuring a bronze figure and plaques. The memorial includes a life-size figure of a junior officer in battle equipment, positioned on a square pedestal that has a cornice and a moulded base. The front displays a scrolled crest and an inscription, while bronze plaques are located on the other sides. The base is lobed and features three steps. The memorial is situated on a semicircular platform, which has central ashlar steps and rock-faced stone retaining walls with chamfered coping.

Local climate

War Memorial at South Entrance to Nottingham High School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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