War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1992. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quartered-pewter-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1992
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Granville Square, Stone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 901 339
- Coordinates
- 52.90333, -2.14839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, located in Granville Square, Stone, was created around 1919 by the sculptor Albert Toft. It is made of ashlar stone and features bronze elements. The memorial consists of a tall stepped plinth adorned with bronze plaques displaying the names of those commemorated on its sides. Atop the plinth stands a striking bronze figure of a soldier, depicted without a hat and leaning on his rifle.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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