War Memorial, Railway Street, Ballynahinch, Co. Down is a listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

War Memorial, Railway Street, Ballynahinch, Co. Down

WRENN ID
sacred-chamber-finch
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency
Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 368 526
Coordinates
54.40391, -5.89375
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This war memorial, dating from approximately 1920 to 1925, stands at the junction of Main Street, Belfast Road, and Crossgar Road in Ballynahinch. It is constructed from a grey, granite-like artificial stone, set upon a stepped concrete base.

The memorial's lower portion consists of a square pedestal with a moulded base and cornice. Inscribed blocks on the east, west, and south sides of the base bear the dates '1914-18', while the north side displays '1939-45'. Each side of the pedestal is panelled, with bronze plaques on the north and west sides listing the names of those who fell in both World Wars. Above the cornice is a blocking course with a moulded roundel motif. Above this course rises a tapering obelisk, finished with a pyramidal head.

The memorial was likely erected between 1920 and 1925, with some modifications following the Second World War.

Local climate

War Memorial, Railway Street, Ballynahinch, Co. Down receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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