Waingroves War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Waingroves War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- veiled-paling-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Amber Valley MP: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Waingroves War Memorial, Waingroves Methodist Church, Waingroves Road, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 9TB
- OS grid reference
- SK 411 495
- Coordinates
- 53.04159, -1.38748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Waingroves War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with later additions. It is made of sandstone and is situated next to Waingroves Methodist Church on Waingroves Road.
The memorial features a wheel-headed cross, which has a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief on the north-east face of both the cross head and shaft. The cross shaft rises from a tapering two-stepped plinth that is set on a square base with a brick edge. The inscriptions on the memorial are incised and highlighted in gold. The north-east face of both steps of the plinth includes inset stone tablets.
On the base of the north-east face of the cross shaft, the inscription reads "BY THEIR/ SACRIFICE/ WE LIVE." The north-east face of the top step of the plinth has the inscription "ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE/ WAINGROVES WARD TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918" followed by 13 names. The face of the plinth step below it states "ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945" along with 7 names and the phrase "FOR FREEDOM THEY DIED." Additionally, the south-east face of the top step of the plinth carries the inscription of one name related to Afghanistan 2007.
Local climate
Waingroves War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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