War Memorial, The Cross, Paisley is a Grade A listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 June 1980. War memorial.

War Memorial, The Cross, Paisley

WRENN ID
gilded-plaster-lark
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 June 1980
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NS 483 640
Coordinates
55.84561, -4.42405
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial at The Cross in Paisley was designed by architect R S Lorimer and sculptor A Meredith Williams in 1922. It features a bronze equestrian figure mounted on a pedestal.

Local climate

War Memorial, The Cross, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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