War Memorial, Cawdor Street, Nairn is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1981. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.

War Memorial, Cawdor Street, Nairn

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1981
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NH 882 561
Coordinates
57.58189, -3.87127
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial on Cawdor Street in Nairn was built around 1922 and designed by Marshall Mackenzie and Son. It features a fluted Ionic column that stands on a curved hexagonal plinth. Below the capital of the column, there is a laurel wreath. The memorial is enclosed by a low coped wall that surrounds the corner site, which has square ashlar end piers topped with cornices and acorn finials.

Local climate

War Memorial, Cawdor Street, Nairn 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 lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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