War Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- noble-gallery-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1998
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Chirk, LL14 5EY
- OS grid reference
- SJ 290 377
- Coordinates
- 52.9325, -3.05698
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is a simple tapered square obelisk made of Portland Stone, set on a round-nosed low step with a curved back riser. The top of the obelisk features gabled angles at 45 degrees. On the south face, there is a bas-relief of a hunched soldier in a great coat and helmet, holding a rifle and bayonet. Below this, there is an elegantly lettered inscription dedicated to the 'habitants & indwellers of the parish of Chirk' who died in the conflict from 1914 to 1919. The sides of the obelisk display the names of 66 men, carved in bold Roman capitals. The rear features an inscription in Welsh to 'Wyr y Waun'. Additionally, below the names, 19 men who were killed in the 1939-1945 war have been added. Surrounding the monument and beneath the inscriptions is a larger inscription that reads 'AND IN RIGHTEOUNESS HE DOTH JUDGE & MAKE WAR REV.XIX'.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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