Rhosesmor war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2002. War memorial.
Rhosesmor war memorial
- WRENN ID
- endless-mantel-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rhosesmor war memorial, Holywell, Halkyn
- OS grid reference
- SJ 214 687
- Coordinates
- 53.20971, -3.17722
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Rhosesmor war memorial is a freestone cross situated on a high base and stepped plinth, surrounded by iron railings topped with spear finials. The square base features inset panels that display memorial inscriptions, set below bands of stylised foliage in low relief. The cross shaft is octagonal and tapers upwards, with a thicker base adorned with relief foliage on alternating faces. The cross itself is stylised with a wheel-headed design, featuring blind relief moulding on the 'wheel' and foliage in relief at the outer ends of the cross.
Local climate
Rhosesmor war memorial receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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