Retaining Wall and Steps Surrounding War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. War memorial.

Retaining Wall and Steps Surrounding War Memorial

WRENN ID
crooked-span-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Walsall
Constituency
Walsall and Bloxwich MP: Valerie Vaz (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1986
Type
War memorial
Address
Retaining Wall and Steps Surrounding War Memorial, Bradford Place
OS grid reference
SP 012 983
Coordinates
52.58326, -1.98361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall and steps surrounding the War Memorial were built around 1922. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and has a circular shape with coping. There are three flights of stone steps that lead up to a raised lawn around the War Memorial. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Retaining Wall and Steps Surrounding War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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