Tarporley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Tarporley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-kitchen-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Tarporley War Memorial, Churchyard of St Helen’S Church, Vale Royal, CW6 0AG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 553 625
- Coordinates
- 53.15829, -2.66897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tarporley War Memorial is a First World War memorial and dedication tablet designed by Sir Percy Scott Worthington in 1921. It is made of Portland stone and features a sandstone-bordered slate plaque.
Located within the churchyard of St Helen’s Church, near the churchyard wall, the memorial consists of a lantern cross on an octagonal plinth with decorative carvings on four corners. A figure of Christ with the cross is carved within the lantern, which sits on a two-stepped base. The octagonal plinth is inscribed in ornate medieval-style raised lettering, reading: REMEMBER THE LOVE/ OF THEM THAT CAME/ NOT HOME FROM THE/ WAR IN THE YEARS OF OUR LORD NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED/ AND NINETEEN.
At the rear of the memorial, set into the churchyard wall, is a sandstone-bordered slate plaque. The stone border features the inscription in ornate medieval-style raised lettering: IN SACRED SLEEP THEY LIE/ SAY NOT THE BRAVE CAN DIE. Below this, the slate plaque lists the names of those who fell.
An additional section has been added underneath, inscribed with: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Local climate
Tarporley War Memorial receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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