Clun War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 2017. War memorial.
Clun War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- odd-brick-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Clun War Memorial, The Church of St George, Vicarage Road, Craven Arms, SY7 8JG
- OS grid reference
- SO 300 806
- Coordinates
- 52.41908, -3.03026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clun War Memorial is a churchyard cross that was unveiled in June 1921. It is made of Cornish granite and is located in a churchyard that is elevated above the road. The memorial features plaques set into the churchyard wall, flanked by buttresses, with the cross, base, and plinth positioned immediately above and behind these plaques.
On the north side, facing the road, there are granite plaques placed between local stone buttresses, which have granite offsets at their tops. The rectangular plaques are framed with moulded edges and have recessed panels with lead lettering. The main inscription reads: "TO THE MEN OF CLUN / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 1914 - 1919." Below this, a separate, lower plaque commemorates the fallen from the Second World War with the inscription: "1939 - 1945." Additionally, there is a small granite plaque inscribed: "1972 / N. IRELAND," which includes a single name.
The platform of the churchyard cross connects with the tops of the buttresses and features two steps leading up to the plinth, which has a semi-circular concave indent on each side. Above the plinth is a square base with a moulded top that supports an octagonal shaft, which gently tapers. The cross itself has a circular boss at the center, displaying a shield on the road-facing side, topped with a crown finial.
Local climate
Clun War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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