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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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