War Memorial, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness is a Grade C listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 March 2004. War memorial.
War Memorial, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness
- WRENN ID
- tired-plinth-raven
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Falkirk
- Constituency
- Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 March 2004
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NS 996 814
- Coordinates
- 56.01506, -3.61075
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The War Memorial on Stewart Avenue in Bo'ness, designed by Galt and Barr in 1924, is a two-stage obelisk commemorating those who served in World War I, with additional plaques for World War II. It is constructed from large polished Portland stone ashlar blocks. The first stage features a stepped plinth with a vertical panel on the southeast side that is incised with the words 'TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 1918'. This panel transitions into the second stage, which is topped by a bronze wreath that includes the Bo'ness coat of arms.
On the northeast elevation, there is an inscription listing 'SALONICA / PALESTINE / MESOPOTAMIA / EGYPT / AFRICA', above a bronze panel that honors World War II veterans. The northwest elevation displays another bronze panel with a roll of honour and the inscription 'SALUTE THE MEMORY OF THESE THY SONS WHO FOUGHT & LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR', which also leads into the second stage and is surmounted by a bronze wreath featuring an armorial panel beneath a sword and cross. The southwest elevation includes a similar WWII panel with the words 'FRANCE / BELGIUM / RUSSIA / ITALY / GALLIPOLI'. The second stage is battered and features a carved frieze and a pyramidal cap at the top.
Local climate
War Memorial, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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