First World War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. War memorial.
First World War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rusted-marble-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- First World War Memorial, the Square, Oakamoor
- OS grid reference
- SK 054 449
- Coordinates
- 53.00182, -1.92034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The First World War Memorial in Oakamoor, dating from around 1919, is constructed of ashlar stone. It features a square plan pedestal with inscribed panelled sides, which is elevated by two steps. The pedestal supports a rectangular shaft that tapers towards the top. At the top of the shaft, there is a cross within a circle, and a sword is intricately carved on the south face of both the cross and the shaft.
Local climate
First World War Memorial receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 81% 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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