Woodhouse Mill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2019. War memorial.
Woodhouse Mill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winter-mortar-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield South East MP: Mr Clive Betts (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Woodhouse Mill War Memorial, Retford Road, South Yorkshire, S13 9WF
- OS grid reference
- SK 431 856
- Coordinates
- 53.36621, -1.35321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woodhouse Mill War Memorial is a stone structure commemorating those who served in the First and Second World Wars, built in 1922 by an unknown designer.
The memorial is positioned at an angle on the south side of Retford Road, next to the former Mission Church. It features a stone Latin cross with an incised sword carved into the front, north-east face. The base of the cross is ramped and bears the inscription "1939-1945," along with nine surnames and initials below. The cross is mounted on a deep, stepped stone base with chamfered corners. The upper block of the base is inscribed with "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / WOODHOUSE MILL / FENCE & JUNCTION ROAD / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918." The larger block below lists 39 surnames with initials and includes the inscription "THEY SLEEP WITH ENGLAND’S HEROES / IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD." The top step of the plinth is inscribed "AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO / SHARED ITS DANGERS." The memorial stands on a wider plinth step that is set on a narrower, deeper stone block, all resting on a square concrete base.
Local climate
Woodhouse Mill War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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