Birdingbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Birdingbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- patient-latch-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 431 682
- Coordinates
- 52.31052, -1.36889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birdingbury War Memorial is a First World War memorial created by stonemason Thomas H Elliott and dedicated in 1921. It was altered after the Second World War to include the names of those who fell during that conflict.
Constructed from Upton Wood limestone on a concrete base, the memorial stands approximately 2.5 meters high. It features a cross with four arms that project in different directions, mounted on a tapering four-sided shaft that is set diagonally. This shaft rests on a three-stepped plinth, which is inscribed on all four sides with inlaid bronze lettering. Three sides of the plinth read: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918," followed by the names of the Fallen, and concludes with "FOR KING AND COUNTRY." The rear face is inscribed with "1939 – 1945," followed by the names of those who died in the Second World War.
The plinth is supported by a wide, high square base, which features four elaborate cast-iron posts on stone bases, with a chain-link fence suspended between them.
Local climate
Birdingbury War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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