Chirbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2017. War memorial.
Chirbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- moated-window-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chirbury War Memorial, Church of St Michael, A490, Sy15, Chirbury with Brompton
- OS grid reference
- SO 261 984
- Coordinates
- 52.57921, -3.0916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chirbury War Memorial is a tall gabled sandstone cross featuring a sculpture of Christ with an INRI scroll. The front face of the lower section of the cross has the inscription "REMEMBER YE / [illegible] LORD." It stands on a plinth, which has the inscription "ALL THESE / FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL FOR / KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (names)." This plinth is supported by another plinth that bears additional names. The entire structure is set on a stone platform.
Local climate
Chirbury War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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