Thornham Parish War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2018. War memorial.
Thornham Parish War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- nether-truss-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North MP: Mrs Elsie Blundell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thornham Parish War Memorial, St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Church Avenue, Slattocks, M24 2UD
- OS grid reference
- SD 887 088
- Coordinates
- 53.57595, -2.1717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornham Parish War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 by Grundy of Middleton, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite and is located centrally within the churchyard of the Church of St John the Evangelist, aligned with the south elevation of the church.
The memorial features a plain granite crucifix topped with a wheel cross, and a central laurel wreath carved in relief. The shaft has a stepped base and is set on a pedestal with a plain cornice. On the front panel of the pedestal, metal lettering reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914 – 1919," while the other panels are plain. The sides of the pedestal are slightly canted, and it stands on a three-stepped base. The top step has plain chamfered upper edges, with the front panel inscribed with "1939–1945." The granite memorial is placed on a slightly raised rectangular paved podium.
Local climate
Thornham Parish War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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