South African War Memorial, Ludgate, Alloa is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 June 1999. Memorial. 1 related planning application.

South African War Memorial, Ludgate, Alloa

WRENN ID
nether-flagstone-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Clackmannanshire
Constituency
Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 June 1999
Type
Memorial
Address
South African War Memorial, Ludgate, Alloa, FK10 2DE
OS grid reference
NS 883 930
Coordinates
56.11709, -3.79791
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South African War Memorial in Ludgate, Alloa, was designed by Robert Lorimer and sculpted by W.B. Birnie Rhind in 1904. This memorial commemorates the Boer War and is made of coursed polished stone. It features a stepped two-stage plinth with a tooled panel that reads "IN MEMORIAM." The lower stage has a cartouche, while the upper stage displays the Alloa heraldic shield with the tooled motto "IN THE FOREFRONT." The memorial is topped with a sculpture of a kilted soldier, who stands with his hand on his revolver over a wounded colleague.

Local climate

South African War Memorial, Ludgate, Alloa sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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