Thornton Hough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Thornton Hough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fading-plinth-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West MP: Matthew Patrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thornton Hough War Memorial, Junction of St George's Way &Amp; Thornton Common Road, Merseyside, CH63 1JW
- OS grid reference
- SJ 305 809
- Coordinates
- 53.32119, -3.04468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornton Hough War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, based on a sketch design by Ernest Prestwich and constructed by James Lomax-Simpson. It is made of Darley Dale stone, red sandstone, and bronze and is located within the churchyard of the Grade II* listed Church of St George (United Reformed).
The memorial features a slender wheel-headed cross aligned east to west, with arms created by recessed panels. The wheel segments and the cross intaglio are adorned with a Celtic knot design. This cross is mounted on a tall tapering shaft that has a stepped cap, chamfered corners, and a moulded base. The shaft rises from a two-stepped plinth, which sits on a three-stepped base. Each of the east and west faces of the shaft has a rectangular inset near the top, showcasing a carved Celtic knot design similar to that on the cross. At the foot of the east face of the shaft, there is a rectangular bronze plaque with the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)."
The D-plan podium is made of Darley Dale stone slabs and is surrounded by a low stepped red sandstone wall. There is a central opening that provides access to the memorial via pairs of shallow convex and concave steps.
Local climate
Thornton Hough War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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