Poynton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 2016. War memorial.
Poynton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sheer-cornice-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Poynton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St George, Fountain Close (Off London Road South), Poynton with Worth, SK12 1NH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 919 835
- Coordinates
- 53.3491, -2.12273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poynton War Memorial is made of granite and features a Latin cross adorned with carved scrollwork on both the cross and collar. The cross is set atop a tall, tapering octagonal shaft, which stands on a square plinth and a three-stepped base. The plinth displays black leaded inscriptions.
The main dedication reads: "TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD FOR THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF POYNTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of those who lost their lives are inscribed on the sides of the plinth.
Around the base, there are additional inscriptions: "ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF POYNTON," "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS," "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE," and "WHOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT."
Set into the steps of the base are four rectangular inclined tablets dedicated to those who lost their lives during the Second World War. The dedicatory plaque on these tablets reads: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF POYNTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945. THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD; AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM."
The memorial is enclosed by a low stone kerbed boundary.
Local climate
Poynton War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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 0.3°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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