War Memorial, Shore Road, Cove is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1995. War memorial.

War Memorial, Shore Road, Cove

WRENN ID
winter-pinnacle-brook
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1995
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NS 224 808
Coordinates
55.98761, -4.84842
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial on Shore Road in Cove, built around 1920, features an ashlar Celtic cross mounted on a pedestal base. The memorial showcases Celtic interlacing and Pictish details. The east elevation includes a tribute to those who served in World War One, adorned with zoomorphic detailing. The west elevation commemorates World War Two, featuring floral interlacing.

Local climate

War Memorial, Shore Road, Cove sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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