First World War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 2001. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

First World War Memorial

WRENN ID
rough-minaret-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 2001
Type
War memorial
Address
First World War Memorial, Swan Square, City of Stoke-On-Trent
OS grid reference
SJ 869 498
Coordinates
53.04549, -2.19619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The First World War Memorial in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, was built around 1920. It is made of pink sandstone ashlar and has a rectangular shape. The memorial features a large pedestal with a moulded plinth, a moulded cornice, and a niche on the front that holds a figure of a soldier with a bowed head, a rifle, and a helmet. Above the niche is the date 1914-1919. The memorial is surrounded by an area that is enclosed with small plain stone piers linked by chains.

Local climate

First World War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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