The Victory Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 2006. War memorial.
The Victory Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pale-gargoyle-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 2006
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The Victory Memorial, Nr Thorpe Lane, Fountains Earth
- OS grid reference
- SE 101 735
- Coordinates
- 54.1577, -1.84589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Victory Memorial is a war memorial built in 1919, made of sandstone. It features a block of squared coursed rusticated stones topped with a pediment and has a rectangular trough in front. The roof is covered with stone slates and has a raised ridge. The trough is inscribed with the word "VICTORY," while the pediment displays significant dates: the start of the War on August 4, 1914, the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and the declaration of peace on June 28, 1919. Local stonemason Duncan Drummond remodeled the memorial from an earlier fountain located at one end of the village street in Lofthouse. Another war memorial in the village was also remodeled from a drinking fountain. This memorial is significant as it serves as a reminder of the war's impact on the community and is notable for commemorating the war dates rather than the individuals who died.
Local climate
The Victory Memorial receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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