Birley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2019. War memorial.
Birley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- veiled-loft-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Birley War Memorial, St Peter's Churchyardl, Birley with Upper Hill, HR4 8ET
- OS grid reference
- SO 453 533
- Coordinates
- 52.17541, -2.80032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birley War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920. It is made of stone and features a Latin cross with cusped arms, which stands on a gently tapering octagonal shaft. This shaft is positioned on a substantial tapering square-section plinth, all resting on a single-stepped platform. The main inscription on the memorial reads: "THIS MEMORIAL CROSS/ WAS ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS/ IN SORROW AND PRIDE/ A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO/ (2 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919."
Local climate
Birley War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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