War memorial cross at the Church of All Saints, King's Heath is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2016. War memorial.

War memorial cross at the Church of All Saints, King's Heath

WRENN ID
ghost-attic-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley MP: Tahir Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
War memorial cross at the Church of All Saints, King's Heath, Village Square, Kings Heath, West Midlands, B14 7RA
OS grid reference
SP 073 816
Coordinates
52.43309, -1.89325
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial cross is located in the small square at the east end of the Anglican Church of All Saints, near the High Street. It features a Calvary cross made of Bromsgrove sandstone, with a sculpted figure of Christ crucified under a canopy, elevated on an octagonal shaft. The front face of the foot of the cross shaft has the inscription "HE SAVED/ OTHERS/ NOT HIMSELF." The shaft is set on a square plinth with moulded shoulders, which is raised on a base of three octagonal steps.

On the front face of the plinth, there is an incised inscription that reads: "IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR LIVES LAID DOWN/ FOR LOVE OF GOD, OF COUNTRY AND OF KING,/ A VICTOR'S CROWN/ GAINED AS ON CALVARY THROUGH SUFFERING."

Local climate

War memorial cross at the Church of All Saints, King's Heath receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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