Radford St Nicholas War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. A 20th century War memorial.
Radford St Nicholas War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hollow-niche-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry North West MP: Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Radford St Nicholas War Memorial, Sherwood Jones Close, Engleton Road, CV6 1JE
- OS grid reference
- SP 325 806
- Coordinates
- 52.4233, -1.52272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Radford St Nicholas War Memorial is made of Runcorn stone and features an obelisk that stands approximately 2.5 meters tall, set on a three-stepped base. Each face of the obelisk has a bronze plaque honoring those who served and died in the First World War.
On the middle step of the base, there is a rectangular bronze dedication plaque that reads: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO / THE LASTING HONOUR OF THOSE WHO WENT FROM RADFORD TO SERVE THEIR KING AND / COUNTRY IN THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. / THEIR NAMES APPEAR ON THE TABLETS ON THE COLUMN ABOVE / A † INDICATING THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES. / PRESENTED TO RADFORD BY C. VERNON PUGH ESQ. J.P. 1919."
Local climate
Radford St Nicholas War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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