Worthen War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 2019. War memorial.
Worthen War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twisted-lead-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Worthen War Memorial, Montgomery Road, Worthen with Shelve, SY5 9HN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 327 046
- Coordinates
- 52.63582, -2.99512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Worthen War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in September 1920, with a later addition for the Second World War. It is made of Darley Dale stone and is prominently positioned in the village, set back from the road. The memorial features a simple Latin cross with a carved foot, standing on a tall plinth that has a moulded top and a three-stepped square base.
On the front (south-east) face of the plinth, there is a bronze plaque inscribed with the words: “LEST WE FORGET”/ ERECTED 1920/ TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THE PARISH OF WORTHEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES). Below this, a second plaque commemorates those who fell in the Second World War, reading: THIS TABLET IS ADDED/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1938-1945/ (NAMES).
In front of the memorial, there are painted iron railings and a pedestrian gate.
Local climate
Worthen War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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