Amington Cemetery War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Tamworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2017. Memorial.
Amington Cemetery War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- broken-spandrel-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tamworth
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Amington Cemetery War Memorial Cross, Woodhouse Lane, Staffordshire, B77 3AE
- OS grid reference
- SK 234 042
- Coordinates
- 52.63562, -1.65524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone memorial is located in Amington Cemetery on Woodhouse Lane, positioned at the center of the cemetery where the main footpaths intersect. It features an elaborate cross fleury that rises from a short, tapered shaft, which is square in shape. The cross shaft is set on a three-stepped stone base. Small sloping stones next to the bottom step hold metal plaques that display the names of those being commemorated.
Local climate
Amington Cemetery War Memorial Cross receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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