War Memorial and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1988. Memorial.
War Memorial and Railings
- WRENN ID
- fallow-parapet-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Amber Valley MP: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 1988
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial and Railings, Market Place, Alfreton
- OS grid reference
- SK 409 557
- Coordinates
- 53.09753, -1.39041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial and railings in Alfreton's Market Place were built around 1927. Constructed from ashlar and bronze, the memorial features a wide square base surrounded by railings. The railings are supported by bulbous shaped posts connected by chain links. The memorial has a panelled base with a moulded plinth and a tall square pier topped with bronze plaques on three sides. The west and east sides of the memorial have low ramped buttresses that support the base and extend a short way up the pier, with ramped tops displaying carved decoration. Carved shields set in cartouches are found near the top of all sides of the pier except the south side, which features a laurel leaf circle above the plaque. Atop the pier is a bronze statue of a soldier holding a gun in one hand and with his other arm around the shoulder of a young girl. The base of the statue is inscribed with 'W A 1927'.
Local climate
War Memorial and Railings receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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