Little Ness War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 2014. War memorial.
Little Ness War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- outer-brick-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 408 197
- Coordinates
- 52.77166, -2.87805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Ness War Memorial is a commemorative structure honoring those who fell and served in the First World War. It was sculpted by Farmer and Brindley. The memorial features a square plinth made of Grinshill stone, supporting a cross and tapered octagonal shaft crafted from Portland stone. The shaft has a moulded band at both its top and bottom, and its square base, also of Grinshill stone, connects to the square plinth.
The principal front faces north, where the cross is designed as a crucifix with the figure of Christ positioned below a scroll inscribed with ‘INRI’. The plinth on this side displays the inscription: ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS’. Below this, the names of nine individuals who fell in the war are listed, along with the phrase ‘JESU MERCY’ beneath their names. The east and west faces feature the inscription ‘THESE FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918’, with names listed below. On the south side, the names of those who joined up but did not see active service are recorded.
Local climate
Little Ness War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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