War Memorial and Screening Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1993. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

War Memorial and Screening Wall

WRENN ID
late-balcony-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 1993
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial and Screening Wall, Yorkersgate, Malton
OS grid reference
SE 783 715
Coordinates
54.13405, -0.80209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, built around 1920, features a sandstone ashlar memorial cross and a rusticated sandstone screen wall. The cross is hexagonal in shape and is set within a half-hexagonal screen wall. It stands on a tall tapering shaft with a broach-stopped foot and base, and is placed diagonally on a high stepped pedestal. Each face of the plinth is inscribed with one of six virtues: Justice, Mercy, Obedience, Sacrifice, Courage, and Patience. The pedestal has a moulded top and is stepped up on alternate faces, which are adorned with panels carved with badges that include an anchor, the RAF cipher, and a sword. The screen wall features a memorial panel for the First World War in the center and a panel for the Second World War to the right. The wall is topped with coping and has carved heraldic lions couchant at each end.

Local climate

War Memorial and Screening Wall receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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