War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1995. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-sandstone-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1995
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Main Street, Embsay with Eastby, BD23 6RE
- OS grid reference
- SE 010 538
- Coordinates
- 53.98049, -1.98604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Embsay with Eastby was built in 1921 and is made of gritstone. It has a square plan and is raised on three steps that support a large square base. The north face of the memorial is inscribed with the words "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD," along with the dates 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. The other faces feature the names of those who died. At the top of the memorial is a stylised Saxon cross. The memorial was unveiled on August 21, 1921.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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