Bridstow War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 2019. War memorial.

Bridstow War Memorial

WRENN ID
idle-lime-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Bridstow War Memorial, Located on the A49 Ross-On-Wye Road at the Cross Roads with Bannuttree Lane
OS grid reference
SO 585 245
Coordinates
51.91771, -2.60467
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bridstow War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of roughly hewn granite, featuring an inscription in black metal lettering.

Situated beside the A49 Ross-on-Wye Road at the crossroads with Bannuttree Lane, the memorial consists of a Latin cross on a roughly-hewn stone pedestal, which includes a square plinth and a tapered dado. The south face of the Latin cross has an incised cross, and the south face of the dado features a recessed panel with the inscription:

IN / HONOURED MEMORY / OF / OUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS / WHO DIED FOR KING & COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / (20 NAMES) / THAT BRITAIN MIGHT STAY FREE. FULL PRICE / THESE PAID. A WORTHY SACRIFICE.

There is an additional recessed panel on the south face of the base with the inscription: 1939 -1945 / (6 NAMES). A rectangular piece of stone has been added in front of the base, inscribed with an additional name.

The memorial is enclosed on three sides by a low wall made of coursed stones and coping stones, topped with railings. The railings are square in section with spear-head finials. The two verticals at the northern corners have fleur-de-lys finials and supportive brackets, while the two verticals to the south also feature fleur-de-lys finials, are twisted, and are supported by a scrolled bracket on a triangular stone base.

Local climate

Bridstow War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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