Much Dewchurch War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 2019. A 20th century War memorial.
Much Dewchurch War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gilded-garret-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Address
- Much Dewchurch War Memorial, Junction of B4348 &Amp; the Pippins, HR2 8DL
- OS grid reference
- SO 481 311
- Coordinates
- 51.97648, -2.757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Much Dewchurch War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920, which was altered following the Second World War. It is made of stone and is located prominently by the roadside at the center of the village.
The memorial features a plain Latin cross atop a square pedestal with a three-stepped square base, all carved from pale grey granite.
The main inscription, in leaded lettering on the east face of the plinth, reads: "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”
An additional inscription on the north face of the plinth honors those from the parish who gave their lives in the Second World War, stating: "AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Much Dewchurch War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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