Shenstone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 2014. War memorial.
Shenstone War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-joist-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 108 046
- Coordinates
- 52.63983, -1.84132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shenstone War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1919, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of rock-faced granite and has a square plan.
The memorial faces south-west and features a plain obelisk on a single-step base made of late 20th-century block paving with sandstone kerb stones. The base supports a two-step plinth, which holds a pedestal that tapers in square section to a moulded capstone. The south-west face of the pedestal displays a bronze plaque dedicated to the First World War, inscribed with the words: 'OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1919 / [names].'
On top of the capstone stands a tall shaft that tapers in square section to a pyramidal top. The south-west face of the shaft features a bronze laurel wreath in relief, below which is a bronze plaque dedicated to the Second World War, inscribed with: 'OUR GLORIOUS / DEAD / 1939-1945 / [names].'
Local climate
Shenstone War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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