War Memorial, South Beach Esplanade, Troon is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 May 1984. War memorial.

War Memorial, South Beach Esplanade, Troon

WRENN ID
lone-cloister-amber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NS 321 307
Coordinates
55.54191, -4.66245
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial on South Beach Esplanade in Troon was sculpted by Walter Gilbert and cast by H.H Martyn & Co. of Cheltenham in 1924. It features a stepped granite square-plan plinth with a Vitruvian-scrolled band beneath the memorial panels. At the top, there is a bronze figure of Liberty facing the sea. The memorial is enclosed by a Vitruvian-scrolled granite wall with a consoled bench that surrounds a terrace at the back.

Local climate

War Memorial, South Beach Esplanade, Troon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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