Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. 2 related planning applications.
Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge
- WRENN ID
- watchful-lancet-snow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 207 823
- Coordinates
- 56.89791, -4.94409
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Commando Memorial, designed by Scott Sutherland, ARSA, and produced by H.H. Martyn & Co. of Cheltenham in 1951, stands on a prominent rise above Spean Bridge and the Great Glen, an area utilized for Commando training during World War II. It comprises a square, bull-faced granite plinth set on a stepped base, which supports three tall bronze figures depicting Commandos in battle dress. The monument is situated on a simple paved and stepped platform. An inscription reads: "United we conquer. In memory of the officers and men of the Commandos who died in the Second World War, 1939-1945. This country was their training ground.” The site's significance led to its upgrading from a Category B listed building to a Category A listed building on 15 August 1996. The listing record was updated in 2023 to acknowledge the contribution of H.H. Martyn & Co. of Cheltenham to the monument's creation.
Local climate
Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 77 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 59 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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