War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 2005. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muffled-chamber-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 2005
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Brownhill Street, Ruyton-Xi-Towns
- OS grid reference
- SJ 399 222
- Coordinates
- 52.79474, -2.89264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Ruyton XI Towns was built in 1920 and designed by Stanley Griffiths. It is made of sandstone and takes the form of a cave set within a red sandstone cliff. Inside the cave, there is a carved stone cross at the back, flanked by stone benches on either side. On the left bench, there is a rectangular stone plaque featuring the county and borough coat of arms, which honors those who died in the Great War. The inscription reads "1914-19 The Great War in memory of" followed by a list of 17 names. Below this, it states "We will remember them/This present life is not the end/Also in honour of the 130 other men who served from Ruyton-XI-Towns." Beneath this plaque, a smaller stone plaque commemorates five men who were killed in World War II. Above the entrance to the cave, the dates "1914 - 1919" are carved, with "1939" and "1945" inscribed in a recessed rectangle on the left and right sides, respectively. The memorial was unveiled in October 1920 by General Kenyon, accompanied by buglers from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry playing the Last Post.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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