Audley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2014. Memorial.
Audley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- burning-flagstone-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 2014
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 798 508
- Coordinates
- 53.05495, -2.30194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Audley War Memorial is a First World War memorial created by Messrs W & J Mellor and dedicated in 1923, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite and has an octagonal plan.
The memorial faces north-east and consists of a plain obelisk on an octagonal base with four steps. The base supports a square plinth, which is inscribed on its north-east face with '1939 - 1945' and lists the names of 28 men who died during the Second World War. Above the plinth is a tall pedestal that tapers from a chamfered base to a simple cornice, inscribed on its north-east face with ‘1914 THE GREAT WAR 1918’. The north-east, north-west, and south-west faces of the pedestal bear the names of 121 men from the parish who died in the First World War. Rising from the pedestal is a tall shaft that tapers in square section to a moulded capstone topped with a palmette finial. The shaft features a sheathed sword of peace and a laurel wreath of victory on its north-east face, with the inscription: TO / OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD.
The late 20th-century metal railings and stone rubble walling that create the oval-shaped enclosure around the memorial are not considered of special architectural or historic interest and are excluded from the listing.
Local climate
Audley War Memorial receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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