St Michael's Parishioners' War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 2017. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.
St Michael's Parishioners' War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stranded-gallery-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Michael's Parishioners' War Memorial, Shrewsbury, Former Church of St Michael'S, Crewe Street, SY1 2HQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 497 136
- Coordinates
- 52.71788, -2.74593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Michael's Parishioners' War Memorial is a churchyard war memorial that dates from July 1921. It is made of limestone and features a sculpted Calvary set within a Gothic arch, resting on a rectangular base and plinth.
The monument faces south-east and has a gabled head with projecting moulded coping. Within this gable is a pointed Gothic arch that holds the sculpted Crucifixion. Below the arch, there is a steeply raking chamfer inscribed with the words ‘LEAVING US / AN / EXAMPLE’. At the top of the cross, there is a carved scroll displaying the initials ‘INRI’. The arch bears the inscription ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THESE / CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS HAVE CAUSED THIS TO BE ERECTED’.
The base of the memorial has a steeply sloping top, adorned with sculpted representations of a soldier’s helmet and a rifle. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the front and flanks of the base, with the initials ‘RIP’ inscribed at the center at the bottom. The rectangular plinth serves as an apron in front of the monument.
Local climate
St Michael's Parishioners' War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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