Kimbolton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2019. War memorial.
Kimbolton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-nave-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kimbolton War Memorial, Located in the Churchyard of the Church of St James, Church Bank, Leominster
- OS grid reference
- SO 525 616
- Coordinates
- 52.25058, -2.69618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kimbolton War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920 and attributed to the sculptor William G Storr-Barber. It is made of carved stone and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St James, to the south-west of the west tower.
The memorial features a Latin cross with floral decoration, which is positioned on a tapered octagonal column. This column is set on a two-stage octagonal pedestal that has angled moulding between the dado and the plinth. The entire structure rests on a square platform.
On the west face of the dado, there is a carved-stone scallop shell, the symbol of St James, above which the years '1939 – 1945' are inscribed. The names, regiments, places, and dates of death of three men from the parish who died during the Second World War are engraved on three sides of the dado.
The west face of the plinth bears the inscription:
AM D G [Ad maiorem Dei gloriam, for the greater glory of God] / THIS SIGN OF VICTORY IS SET / ON A HOMELAND HILL BY THE / PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE IN PER- / PETUAL MEMORY OF THE SHINING / SACRIFICE OF THE MEN WHO / CROSSED THE SEAS IN DEFENCE / OF OUR HOMES AND LIBERTIES / 1914 – 1918.
The names, regiments, places, and dates of death of 16 men from the parish who died in the First World War are inscribed on four sides of the plinth.
Local climate
Kimbolton War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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