War Memorial, High Street, Prestonpans is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 March 1997. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial, High Street, Prestonpans

WRENN ID
riven-forge-briar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 March 1997
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NT 386 745
Coordinates
55.95964, -2.98456
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial located on High Street in Prestonpans was designed by William Birnie Rhind in 1921. It is a two-stage structure made of sandstone, featuring a pier that supports a statue. The statue depicts a thoughtful soldier, known as "Tommy," who is dressed in a greatcoat, wears a bonnet, and holds a rifle. This statue is positioned on a cavetto plinth. The square pier is constructed from rusticated ashlar and includes inscribed panels commemorating the First World War (1914-1918) and a roll moulding atop a stepped base plinth, which incorporates an additional inscribed panel for the Second World War (1939-1945).

Local climate

War Memorial, High Street, Prestonpans receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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