Haughton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. Memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Haughton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-chancel-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Haughton War Memorial, Newport Road, ST18 9HA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 864 205
- Coordinates
- 52.78242, -2.20276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This First World War memorial cross was designed in 1920 by W.D. Caröe, with additions made later to commemorate the Second World War. It is constructed from Clipsham limestone and is situated on the corner of Newport Road and Royds Close, though it was moved to this location in 1977; it was originally positioned on the corner of Newport Road and Brazenhill Lane. The memorial is in the form of a Latin cross rising from a plinth on an octagonal, three-stepped base. Carved in relief on the cross head is an arrow, a symbol of St Giles, referencing the nearby Church of St Giles, which is a Grade II* listed building. The front face of the plinth features the inscription “WENT THE DAY WELL/ WE DIED AND NEVER KNEW/ BUT WELL OR ILL + +/ ENGLAND WE DIED FOR YOU.” The south face of the top step of the base is inscribed “1914 + 1919,” with the names of eleven fallen soldiers inscribed on the step below. The east face is inscribed “1939 + 1945,” with the name of the fallen from that conflict inscribed beneath. Finally, the north face of the top step bears the inscription "THIS MEMORIAL WAS/ RESITED DURING/ THE SILVER JUBILEE YEAR OF/ QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN 1977."
Local climate
Haughton War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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