Wombourne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Wombourne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-lintel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wombourne War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Benedict Biscop, Church Road, WV5 9EZ
- OS grid reference
- SO 876 931
- Coordinates
- 52.53609, -2.18299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wombourne War Memorial is made of granite and features an obelisk. The front face of the obelisk is decorated with a carved relief of a Union Jack flag that wraps around to another side. The lower half of the front face includes a carved relief wreath and a collar at the base.
The obelisk is set on a two-staged plinth. The upper stage is tapered and has an inscription in black-painted letters on the front face that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WOMBOURN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The lower stage bears the inscription "1939 – 1945." The names of the fallen are incised on the east and west sides of the plinth, with 39 names listed for the First World War and 16 for the Second World War.
The plinth is supported by a three-stepped base.
Local climate
Wombourne War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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