South African War Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1986. Memorial.

South African War Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow

WRENN ID
eternal-sentry-vermeil
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 May 1986
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NS 571 664
Coordinates
55.87027, -4.28386
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South African War Memorial in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, was sculpted by William Birnie Rhind in 1906. This war memorial features a seated figure of a uniformed soldier atop a squat obelisk made of ashlar stone. The base consists of loose rocks, while the lower part of the obelisk is polished ashlar that displays an inscription in bronze lettering on the west face and a bronze plate on the east face. The upper level of the obelisk is rock-faced.

Local climate

South African War Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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