Bettisfield war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 November 2005. A Not specified War memorial.

Bettisfield war memorial

WRENN ID
shadowed-window-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 November 2005
Type
War memorial
Period
Not specified
Address
Bettisfield war memorial, Maelor South
OS grid reference
SJ 461 360
Coordinates
52.91893, -2.80216
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Bettisfield war memorial is designed in the style of a medieval churchyard cross and is made of reconstituted stone, standing on a stepped plinth. The square base features a small date plaque on the south side and a metal memorial plaque on the east side with raised letters. The tapering octagonal shaft has broach stops at the base and is topped with a sculpted Crucifixion beneath a gabled canopy.

Local climate

Bettisfield war memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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  3. Bettisfield Hall Grade II* 93 m
  4. Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal) Grade II 531 m
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  6. Little Hall Farmhouse Grade II 1.3 km
  7. Revetment and balustrade to forecourt and formal garden of Bettisfield Park Grade II 1.5 km
  8. Bettisfield Park, including attached garden walls Grade II* 1.5 km
  9. Kitchen garden walls, including former vine house, greenhouses and bothies at Bettisfield Park Grade II 1.5 km
  10. Bettisfield Windmill Grade II 1.5 km