Orleton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2013. War memorial.
Orleton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-hall-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 490 670
- Coordinates
- 52.29955, -2.74809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orleton War Memorial is a stone structure featuring a Celtic style Latin wheel cross. The cross stands on a two-stepped base that incorporates memorial inscription panels, with the lettering incised and painted. On the east face of the upper panel, the inscription reads:
1914-1918 / IN MEMORY OF / ORLETON MEN
Below this inscription are the names of the fifteen men who died in the First World War. The south face of the upper panel bears the inscription:
1939 – 1945 / IN MEMORY OF
This lists the name of one man who died in the Second World War.
The memorial is surrounded by a rubble stone wall topped with wrought-iron railings featuring spear heads at the front and modern railings at the rear. Access to the memorial is through a wrought-iron gate situated between two stone gate piers, which have ashlar upper sections and pyramidal caps, and is approached by steps.
Local climate
Orleton 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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