War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1984. Monument. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
patient-lime-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1984
Type
Monument
Address
War Memorial, Spa Gardens, Ripon, HG4 2AX
OS grid reference
SE 309 712
Coordinates
54.13585, -1.52804
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial in Ripon, located in Spa Gardens, is an early 20th-century structure. It features an ashlar obelisk that stands on a simply moulded base. At the top of the obelisk is a particularly fine lead bust of a soldier.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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