Nuneaton Boer War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Nuneaton and Bedworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Nuneaton Boer War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- graven-porch-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Constituency
- Nuneaton MP: Jodie Gosling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Nuneaton Boer War Memorial, Riversley Park, Coton Road, Warwickshire, CV11 5TU
- OS grid reference
- SP 363 914
- Coordinates
- 52.5199, -1.46585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nuneaton Boer War Memorial, also known as the Buller memorial, is located in Riversley Park in front of the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery in Warwickshire. This memorial features a 1.65-meter tall bronze statue of an infantryman dressed in Boer War campaign attire, complete with a slouch hat tipped back and holding a rifle with a fixed bayonet. The statue is mounted on a plain cornice of a rough-hewn pink granite plinth, which is elevated on a two-stepped base.
The main plaque, made of bronze, is affixed to the front face of the plinth. It is adorned with the royal arms and surrounded by laurel wreaths, all cast in relief. The principal dedicatory inscription reads: "ERECTED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE NUNEATON DISTRICT WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY WENT FORTH TO FIGHT THEIR COUNTRY’S BATTLES IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE YEARS 1899 – 1902. BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER A.E.L.ROST SC." Additional metal plaques on two sides of the plinth list the names of those commemorated, organized by unit.
At the rear of the top step of the base, there is an inscribed metal plaque stating: "THIS STATUE ERECTED IN OCTOBER 2008 IS A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL WHICH WAS STOLEN IN NOVEMBER 2006. THE REPLACEMENT WAS COMMISSIONED AT THE BEHEST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOROUGH OF NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH. SCULPTOR ALLAN BEATTIE HERIOT."
Local climate
Nuneaton Boer War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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