Dunham Town War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 2016. War memorial.
Dunham Town War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- outer-groin-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Dunham Town War Memorial, St Mark's Church, School Lane, Altrincham, Dunham Massey, WA14 4SG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 740 879
- Coordinates
- 53.3875, -2.39195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dunham Town War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1930, designed by an unknown creator. It is made of buff sandstone and is located in the churchyard of St Mark’s parish church, to the south of the church and directly opposite the lychgate.
The memorial features a simple square-section cross with slightly flared arms and a laurel wreath carved between them. It stands on a short, slightly tapered plinth that has moulding at its base. This plinth rests on a square base, which has ogee chamfers that create an octagonal upper surface. An incised inscription runs around the octagonal frieze just below the top, stating: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR'.
The south face of the memorial includes the dates 1914 and 1918, along with the names of 14 individuals who fell during the First World War, listed alphabetically and without rank. The west face bears the dates 1939 and 1945, along with the names of five individuals who fell during the Second World War, with one name presented in a different lettering style. The base is set upon a square step.
Local climate
Dunham Town War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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