War Memorial on the Slopes is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1997. War memorial.

War Memorial on the Slopes

WRENN ID
sunken-paling-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1997
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial on the Slopes, the Crescent
OS grid reference
SK 058 734
Coordinates
53.25824, -1.91375
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial on The Slopes in Buxton was built around 1920. It is made of ashlar stone and features bronze ornaments. The memorial has a two-step square base with a curved front that supports a rectangular base with a plinth and a projecting curved front. This front bears a bronze inscription that reads "PRO PATRIA, 1914+1918, 1939+1945." Above this is a tall obelisk adorned with a laurel band and topped with a pyramidal cap. The obelisk displays bronze panels on three sides, and at the front, there is a bronze figure of a winged angel holding a sword and brandishing a laurel wreath.

Local climate

War Memorial on the Slopes sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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