War Memorial, Glencorse Parish Church, Glencorse is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 March 2001. War memorial.

War Memorial, Glencorse Parish Church, Glencorse

WRENN ID
eternal-obsidian-harvest
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 March 2001
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NT 246 626
Coordinates
55.85097, -3.20463
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial at Glencorse Parish Church, built in the earlier 20th century, features a stepped obelisk with a tapering arched top. It is constructed from Portland stone and has moulded angles on the monolith. The memorial is accessed by two steps leading to a stepped base that includes a bronze plaque commemorating those who served in World War II. Above this, there is a stone inscription that reads, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE PARISHONERS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE." A scrolled bronze name plaque with a cherub is attached to the main shaft, and there are additional plaques with lion's heads on each side. At the top, the memorial is adorned with a bronze laurel wreath decoration.

Local climate

War Memorial, Glencorse Parish Church, Glencorse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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