Waverton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Waverton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-entrance-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Waverton War Memorial, St Peter's Churchyard, Village Road, CH3 7RA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 461 633
- Coordinates
- 53.16426, -2.80658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Waverton War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, which is also Grade II* listed, and near other Grade II listed churchyard features. This memorial is designed as a Celtic cross and stands approximately 4 meters tall. It has a three-stepped square base that supports a square plinth. Above the plinth is a plain tapering cross shaft topped with a wheel-head cross. The front and back faces of the cross head are decorated with a Celtic interlace pattern carved in low relief.
The main dedicatory inscription on the east face of the plinth reads: "ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF WAVERTON AND HATTON IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE MEN WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 + 1919" followed by the names of 13 individuals. A later inscription on the west face of the plinth states: "ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE MEN WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1939 + 1945" with the names of 2 individuals.
Local climate
Waverton 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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