War Memorial, High Street, Tranent is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1992. War memorial.
War Memorial, High Street, Tranent
- WRENN ID
- grim-niche-gilt
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1992
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NT 405 728
- Coordinates
- 55.94459, -2.95355
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The War Memorial on High Street in Tranent was designed by T Aikman Swan in 1923 to commemorate those who served in the First World War, featuring Arts and Crafts details. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar with bull-faced rubble at the base. The memorial has a square base that is inscribed, likely around 1945, with the dates 1939-1945 and includes a plaque listing the names of those honored.
Above the base is an octagonal moulded pedestal that bears a dedication. The memorial features a tapering octagonal shaft with a moulded base, which includes a carved pelican feeding its young on the south side. The shaft is adorned with a variety of floral and sylvan carvings on its four cavetto moulded faces, and it is topped with a thistle wreath at the capital. The shaft is finished with a cross finial that is hung with a wreath and features ornately carved headers.
Surrounding the memorial is a simple wrought-iron enclosure.
Local climate
War Memorial, High Street, Tranent 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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