Aston 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. Memorial.
Aston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-footing-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Aston War Memorial, Aston Lane, Runcorn, WA7 3ED
- OS grid reference
- SJ 556 784
- Coordinates
- 53.30138, -2.66755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aston War Memorial is located outside the Church of St Peter, which is a Grade I-listed building, on a triangular patch of grass by the roadside. This sandstone monument is approximately 2.5 meters tall and features a tapering pillar that is square in shape. At the top of the pillar is a pyramidal cap, and on the front, there is a wreath carved in relief, suspended from a ribbon.
The main dedicatory inscription on the pillar reads "OUR FALLEN HEROES / 1914 – 1919 / (NAMES)." Below this, on the base, there is a later inscription that continues with "1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)." One name from the First World War, WALCOT HARMOOD BANNER (CAPT), is recorded on the west face of the memorial.
The memorial is set on a square step and is surrounded by a square fence made of round-headed iron railings, which includes a small gate on the north side.
Local climate
Aston War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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