Ford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 2015. War memorial.
Ford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lone-alcove-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 412 137
- Coordinates
- 52.71853, -2.87166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ford War Memorial is a churchyard monument designed by Nicholson and Clarke of Cathedral Chambers, Hereford in December 1919, and it was unveiled and dedicated in July 1920.
Constructed from limestone, the memorial is situated on a sloping site that is leveled by a domed platform. Above this platform is a stepped octagonal plinth. The base of the monument is square, while the shaft and arms of the cross are octagonal.
The cross head features cusps on its arms and has a moulded band around its neck. The shaft is gently tapered and has broaches at the bottom, where it rises from the square base. The east front of the base is inscribed with the words: ‘TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 -1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’. Additional names are inscribed on the sides of the base. The upper step of the plinth carries the inscription ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945’, with names recorded below.
Local climate
Ford War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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