Stapleton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 2015. A C20 War memorial.
Stapleton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-garret-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 470 045
- Coordinates
- 52.63572, -2.78334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stapleton War Memorial is a churchyard monument aligned with the eastern end of the church chancel. Made of limestone ashlar, it features a wheel-head, Celtic cross adorned with knot patterns carved in relief on the arms and a central domed knop. The tapered, rectangular shaft connects to a similarly tapered base, which has a moulded cap. On the north-eastern face, it is inscribed: ‘+ / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE MEN CONNECTED / WITH THIS PARISH AND CHURCH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’. The sides of the monument bear the names of the fallen. The rear, south-western face carries the inscription: ‘SONS OF THIS PLACE. LET THIS BE SAID. / THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD. / THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MIGHT REAP / A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP.’ The plinth of the memorial is stepped.
Local climate
Stapleton 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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