Harborne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2016. A C20 War memorial.
Harborne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- woven-rotunda-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Harborne War Memorial, St Peter's Church, Old Church Road, B17 0BB
- OS grid reference
- SP 028 839
- Coordinates
- 52.45308, -1.95891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harborne War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the parish church of St Peter, which is also listed as Grade II. It is located to the south of the church, next to a footpath, on a hexagonal paved area. The memorial is made of limestone and features a Latin cross that rises from an octagonal plinth set on a two-stepped base. The cross shaft has four faces with bevelled edges and includes a smaller Greek cross inset into the upper section. At the center of the cross arms is a raised lens with the letters IHS carved in relief, a design that appears on both sides of the memorial. The foot of the cross shaft is moulded and displays three small shields carved in relief, depicting a chalice, a wreath, and two crossed staves. Inscribed around the top of the plinth are the words "IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF HARBORNE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES," with 204 names recorded on the faces of the plinth below.
Local climate
Harborne War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
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