War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. A C1920 Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- veiled-terrace-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East MP: Pat McFadden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Victoria Road
- OS grid reference
- SO 978 968
- Coordinates
- 52.5691, -2.03312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Darlaston, built around 1920, is made of marble and features a bronze statue. It has a square plan and stands on a base with two steps, supported by clasping buttresses at the corners. At the top, there is a statue of a soldier holding a rifle. One plaque on the memorial commemorates those who died in the First World War (1914-1918), while a second plaque added to the base lists the names of those who died in the Second World War (1939-1945).
Local climate
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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