Howle Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 2019. War memorial.
Howle Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winter-rood-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Howle Hill War Memorial, Sharman Pitch, Star Beech Hill, Walford, HR9 5SP
- OS grid reference
- SO 605 204
- Coordinates
- 51.88108, -2.57434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Howle Hill War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is located by a crossroads to the south of the main settlement of Howle Hill.
The memorial features a short, roughly-hewn granite cross set on a single-stepped base. A Latin cross is carved into the front (south-west) face of the memorial, beneath which is a bronze plaque. There is also a smaller bronze plaque attached to the front of the base.
The main inscription on the bronze plaque on the cross reads: "IN HONOUR / OF THE MEN OF HOWLE HILL / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND THOSE / WHO FOUGHT OVERSEAS IN / THE WAR 1914 – 1919 / THE FALLEN," followed by the names of 13 individuals who were lost. Below this, it states: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / THOSE WHO FOUGHT OVERSEAS," along with an additional 38 names to commemorate those who fought.
An extra inscription on the bronze plaque at the base of the memorial reads: "1939 – 1945," followed by the names of six individuals who fell in the Second World War.
Local climate
Howle Hill War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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