War Memorial with Surrounding Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Fylde local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial with Surrounding Railings
- WRENN ID
- vast-stronghold-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fylde
- Constituency
- Fylde MP: Mr Andrew Snowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial with Surrounding Railings, Garstang Road Junction with Weeton Road, Medlar-With-Wesham
- OS grid reference
- SD 417 329
- Coordinates
- 53.78928, -2.88577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, built in the early 1920s, features a limestone pedestal and statue, with iron railings set on a sandstone base. The memorial has a square plinth and a tapered pedestal adorned with recessed panels and a moulded cornice. Atop the pedestal stands a statue of a soldier in a cap, positioned with his hands resting on the butt of a rifle, which is pointed to the ground. The east panel of the pedestal is inscribed with the words "IN MEMORY OF THE MEDLAR AND WESHAM HEROES WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WARS 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945 THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER," while the other three panels display the names of the fallen. Surrounding the memorial is a small elongated enclosure with rounded ends, featuring simple iron railings. Each of the long sides of the enclosure has three ornamental panels with heart shapes at the top. A Victorian iron gaslamp standard, which has an altered lantern, is located inside the enclosure but is not included as part of the memorial.
Local climate
War Memorial with Surrounding Railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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