War Memorial, High Street, Irvine is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1997. War memorial.
War Memorial, High Street, Irvine
- WRENN ID
- ragged-bracket-spindle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1997
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NS 322 388
- Coordinates
- 55.61427, -4.66491
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The War Memorial on High Street in Irvine was built in 1920 and is designed in the style of a market cross. It features an octagonal base with bronze panels on each side that list the names of those who died in the wars. The panel facing High Street notes the funding from subscriptions. Above the base, there is an octagonal plinth that references a former market cross, supporting a columnar shaft topped with a heraldic lion sitting on a crown, with a shield below. Behind the memorial is a three-part screen wall that steps up in the center, displaying panels dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Local climate
War Memorial, High Street, Irvine sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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