Sheriffhales War Memorial, St Mary's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2006. War memorial.
Sheriffhales War Memorial, St Mary's churchyard
- WRENN ID
- heavy-cellar-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2006
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 758 119
- Coordinates
- 52.70455, -2.35934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sheriffhales War Memorial is located in St Mary's churchyard and was constructed around 1920. It is made of sandstone and features a tall, tapering octagonal shaft topped with a cross that has octagonal limbs and a pinched ridge. The cross shaft rests on a three-stepped base, with the lower two steps being octagonal and the upper step square. The upper step is inscribed with the words, "To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the men of Sheriffhales and Woodcote who died in the Great War 1914-1918" in capital letters. The middle step lists the names of those who fell during the war. At the base of the shaft, there is an inscription dedicated to Captain Foster Abney Giles, who was lost during World War II.
Due to erosion, a metal plaque was added in the late 20th century to one side of the middle step, which reiterates the dedication and the list of names. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated on December 6, 1920, by the Bishop of Lichfield, the Reverend A T Mitchell (Vicar of Sheriffhales), and the Reverend T E Stevenson (Rector of Church Aston).
Local climate
Sheriffhales War Memorial, St Mary's churchyard receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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