Putley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Putley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twisted-transept-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Putley War Memorial, The Churchyard, Putley Parish Church, Lower Court, Ledbury, HR8 2QP
- OS grid reference
- SO 646 376
- Coordinates
- 52.03578, -2.51693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Putley War Memorial is situated in the churchyard to the east of Putley Parish Church, which is listed at Grade II*. It is also near several other Grade II-listed churchyard monuments and a scheduled medieval churchyard cross. The memorial features a canopied oak Calvary with a corpus carved from teak. The cross shaft rises from a square, tapering stone plinth that is set on a raised platform, accessible by three steps on the east and west sides.
The front face of the plinth has an inscription dedicated to the First World War, which reads: "THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE OF THE PARISH OF PUTLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919."
On the left face of the plinth, the names of the First World War fallen are listed, originally four names but now five following a recent addition. This side also includes the inscription: "GRANT TO THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM. REQUIESCANT IN PACE." The right face commemorates one airman from the Second World War, with the inscription: "ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF SERGT. GEOFFREY ALBERT MAUND. R.A.F. AGED 19 YEARS. WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN AIR-OPERATIONS ON D-DAY (6TH JUNE 1944.) WAS BURIED AT RANVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY IN FRANCE."
Local climate
Putley War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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