War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2007. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scarred-granite-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 2007
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Main Street, Gilling East
- OS grid reference
- SE 615 768
- Coordinates
- 54.18415, -1.05841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Gilling East was erected after the First World War and is made of sandstone. It takes the form of an arched entrance to the churchyard of the Parish Church of the Holy Cross, which is also listed at Grade II. The memorial features wide buttressed pillars that support a Tudor arch, topped with a stone slate hipped roof. At the center, there is a stone Fleury cross. The lintel has a raised inscription in Gothic lettering, outlined in gold paint on a red background, which reads: "In Memory of the men of Gilling East, Grimstone/and Cawton who gave their lives in the Great War/1914/1919." Bronze plaques attached to each pillar list the names of the fallen, with seven names on the left and six on the right. This memorial serves as an important historical and cultural symbol of the impact of the Great War on the local community.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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