Pencombe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2019. War memorial.
Pencombe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twisted-chancel-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Pencombe War Memorial, Village Green, Pencombe with Grendon Warren, HR7 4SH
- OS grid reference
- SO 599 527
- Coordinates
- 52.17167, -2.58717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pencombe War Memorial is a First World War memorial, likely erected in the 1920s. The memorial features a stone, capped Latin cross with a tapering octagonal shaft, which displays a relief carving of the sword of sacrifice. It is positioned on a substantial two-tier octagonal plinth that has a large square base, set flush with the ground. The main inscription is located on the front face of the plinth and reads: LEST WE FORGET/ (4 NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/.
Local climate
Pencombe War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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