War Memorial in Centre of Square is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1993. War memorial.

War Memorial in Centre of Square

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent Central MP: Gareth Snell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1993
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in Centre of Square, Albert Square, City of Stoke-On-Trent
OS grid reference
SJ 890 445
Coordinates
52.9982, -2.16426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial located in the center of Albert Square in Fenton is a cenotaph built around 1919. It is made of ashlar and features laurel wreaths along with a soldier leaning on a bayonet depicted in high relief.

Local climate

War Memorial in Centre of Square 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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