Great Barrow War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2016. War memorial.
Great Barrow War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- bitter-granite-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Barrow War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, Mill Lane, CH3 7JF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 469 682
- Coordinates
- 53.20907, -2.7959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Barrow War Memorial is a sandstone structure located within the churchyard of St Bartholomew’s Church. It features a Celtic-style wheel-head cross that stands approximately 4 meters tall. The cross has interlace detailing in relief on both sides, including a central leaf motif, and is mounted on an angular, tapered shaft. The shaft includes five additional leaf motifs in relief, evenly spaced along its length.
The shaft rests on a square plinth with angular, pillared shoulders at each corner. This plinth displays bronze plaques on three sides—north, south, and west—with inscriptions in relief. The general inscription on the south-facing side of the plinth reads: "TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD / & TO COMMEMORATE THE SELF / SACRIFICE & DEVOTION OF THE / BRAVE SONS OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR ENGLAND / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names and ranks of 21 men who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the north-facing side.
Additionally, a third bronze plaque on the west-facing side bears the inscription "AND ALSO OF" followed by the names of three men who served in the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. The plinth is set upon a two-stepped octagonal base.
Local climate
Great Barrow 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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