Credenhill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2019. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Credenhill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-doorway-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Credenhill War Memorial, St. Marys Church of England Primary School, Station Road, Hereford, HR4 7DW
- OS grid reference
- SO 451 435
- Coordinates
- 52.08797, -2.80234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Credenhill War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1916. It is located at the entrance to the former 19th century St Mary’s Primary School, which was replaced by a 20th-century school to the east. The memorial features a wooden triptych with a pediment and two doors below, set on a plain base with a shelf at the bottom. This is placed within a concrete-lined niche that has canted sides and a pointed head, all within a freestanding stone structure topped with pitched concrete slabs.
The pediment of the wooden triptych bears the dedication: FOR / GOD, KING & COUNTRY. The top of the central panel is inscribed with GREATER LOVE HATH / NO MAN THAN THIS, surrounding a Latin cross. The names of 15 men who fell in the war are inscribed below the arms of the cross, flanking its shaft, while the base of the central panel reads OUR HEROIC DEAD. The side panels list the names of 60 local men who served and returned from the First World War, under the heading ROLL / OF HONOUR. All inscriptions on the triptych are in gold-painted lettering. The cill of the niche is carved with the years 1914 and 1919 along with the phrase LEST WE FORGET, and a stone keystone-shaped tablet below is inscribed with ERECTED BY / EME / 1916.
Local climate
Credenhill War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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