War Memorial Outside Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. War memorial.
War Memorial Outside Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- distant-minaret-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Outside Church of St Mary, Church Street, Cleobury Mortimer
- OS grid reference
- SO 673 757
- Coordinates
- 52.37896, -2.48043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial outside the Church of St Mary in Cleobury Mortimer is a significant structure dating from around 1920. It is made of ashlar stone with rough-hewn dressing. The memorial features a large Celtic-style cross with a raised cross motif at the top and a tapered shaft. It stands on a simple two-stage plinth, which has inclined sides on the upper stage and a plain lower stage. The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the south face of the lower shaft and on both stages of the plinth.
Local climate
War Memorial Outside Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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