Alcester War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2017. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Alcester War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- still-solder-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Alcester War Memorial, B49 5AJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 090 574
- Coordinates
- 52.2153, -1.86926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alcester War Memorial is a First World War memorial constructed in 1921. It was subsequently altered after the Second World War (after 1945) and the Korean War (after 1953). The memorial is built from stone and takes the form of a tall cross standing on a four-stepped, octagonal base. The base rises to a plinth bearing brass plaques with the names of those who fell, along with a central plaque inscribed: "PASS NOT / THIS STONE / IN SORROW / BUT IN PRIDE / AND MAY / YOU LIVE / AS NOBLY / AS THEY DIED.” The base tapers upwards to form the column’s shaft, around which is inscribed: "TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOUR / OF THE FALLEN.” The column itself features four small gables at its base, a tapering shaft, and a capital topped by a Celtic-style cross.
Local climate
Alcester War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 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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