Bramhall War Memorial including memorial garden front boundary wall is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

Bramhall War Memorial including memorial garden front boundary wall

WRENN ID
nether-granite-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Cheadle MP: Tom Morrison (LD)
Country
England
Type
War memorial
Address
Bramhall War Memorial including memorial garden front boundary wall, South of Benja Fold, Bramhall Lane South, SK7 2DU
OS grid reference
SJ 891 848
Coordinates
53.36007, -2.1643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bramhall War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War, designed by Arthur Davies, based on Sir Reginald Blomfield's Cross of Sacrifice design. It is located in a memorial garden at the south end of the Bramhall Lane South Conservation Area, facing east, and is surrounded by a low cock-and-hen stone boundary wall with square piers.

The memorial stands approximately 4 meters tall and features a Cross of Sacrifice on an octagonal plinth with a two-stepped foot and a two-stepped octagonal base. The shaft and arms of the cross are tapering and chamfered to an octagonal section, with caps at the ends. The base of the shaft has an ogee foot. The east face displays a shield over crossed palm leaves, inscribed with "THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945," and also features a bronze sword.

The upper edge of the plinth is carved with a rose, shamrock, and thistle on the front, while the other faces bear a Gothic inscription that reads, "YOU GAVE YOUR LIVES FOR COUNTRY HOME & DUTY," accompanied by floral motifs symbolizing simplicity, sweetness, purity, sacrifice, victory, suffering, sturdiness, cheerfulness, and love. The front panel of the plinth is inscribed in serifed lettering, stating, "WE REMEMBER YOU AND ARE GRATEFUL. WE ERECT THIS MONUMENT TO YOUR HONOUR AND MEMORY."

The names of the Fallen are inscribed in modern lettering on the other faces, listed alphabetically without ranks, with 16 names per panel under the dates of the First World War on the southern three panels and 14 names per panel under the dates of the Second World War on the northern three panels, with only 13 names on the last panel. The rear panel features the Ode of Remembrance.

Local climate

Bramhall War Memorial including memorial garden front boundary wall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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