Trentham Cross War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Trentham Cross War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hollow-gravel-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 867 410
- Coordinates
- 52.96658, -2.19823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trentham Cross War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. It was designed by Adams and Watkin of Stoke-on-Trent and built by Thomas Godwin.
The memorial is carved from Stancliffe stone, also known as Darley Dale stone. It is located to the south-west of the Grade I mausoleum within the cemetery on Stone Road. The memorial takes the form of a Latin cross and stands on a square platform with four steps. The pedestal features a square base that rises through chamfered corners to form an octagon, topped by a tapered octagonal shaft with a Latin cross. The cross has octagonal arms with decorative ends.
The north-east face of the pedestal is inscribed: "THIS MEMORIAL CROSS / IS THE GIFT OF / THE WOMEN OF TRENTHAM." The south-west face bears the inscription: "1914-IN-1918 / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE / MEN OF TRENTHAM / WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES)." The south-east face includes the inscription: "1939 TO 1945 / (NAMES) / JAMES PEARSON HOWSON 1914 – 1918."
Local climate
Trentham Cross 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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- Mausoleum
- Entrance Lodges, Screen and Gates At Trentham Gardens
- The Duchess Cottage, Trentham Gardens
- Remains of Trentham Hall: former stable block and service quarters
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- Remains of Trentham Hall: orangery, sculpture gallery and clock tower
- Remains of Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Railings North Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Former Smithy of Trentham Park Estate