Romiley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 2018. War memorial.

Romiley War Memorial

WRENN ID
waiting-merlon-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Romiley War Memorial, Junction of Stockport Road and Green Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 936 907
Coordinates
53.41329, -2.09629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Romiley War Memorial is a First World War memorial located on a traffic island within a raised grassed area at the junction of Stockport Road and Green Lane. It features a tall, red sandstone Latin cross with the monogram IHS carved in relief on an inset circular panel at the center of the north face of the cross-head. The base of the north face of the cross shaft displays the dates 1914 – 1919, also carved in relief on an inset panel. The cross is set upon a tapering, four-sided plinth with a moulded cap, which rests on a square base.

The names of the 65 servicemen who died are inscribed on a plaque of polished grey granite affixed to the north face of the plinth. Below this, a smaller polished grey granite plaque bears the dedication, “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” Both the names and the dedication are presented in raised, leaded lettering.

The entire structure stands on a coursed-stone platform with ashlar quoins that projects forward from the sloping ground.

Local climate

Romiley War Memorial 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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