Lugwardine War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2019. War memorial.
Lugwardine War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-rood-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lugwardine War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, A438, Junction of Rhystone Lane, HR1 4AW
- OS grid reference
- SO 551 410
- Coordinates
- 52.06604, -2.65631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lugwardine War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1919, with later additions for the Second World War. It is located prominently at the north-east corner of the churchyard, at the crossroads in the center of the village, near the Church of St Peter, which is a Grade II* listed building, and a medieval churchyard cross, also Grade II listed.
The memorial features a floriated stone Latin cross atop a tapering octagonal shaft, supported by a substantial square plinth and a three-stepped octagonal base.
The main inscription, carved in incised lettering on the west face of the plinth, reads: "IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the other three faces of the plinth.
On the western face of the upper step of the base, there is an additional inscription: "1939 – 1945." The names of the fallen from the Second World War are listed on the two adjacent faces of the upper step.
Local climate
Lugwardine War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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