Edgbaston War Memorial at St Augustine's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2015. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Edgbaston War Memorial at St Augustine's Church
- WRENN ID
- sunken-banister-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Edgbaston War Memorial at St Augustine's Church, Lyttelton Road, B16 9JN
- OS grid reference
- SP 037 861
- Coordinates
- 52.47315, -1.9457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edgbaston War Memorial is located in front of St Augustine's Church, which is a Grade II* listed building, on the south side of the church. Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a two-stepped base topped by a tapering, square stele. On the stele, there is a slightly set-back pedestal that displays carved wreaths on each side. Above this pedestal, a tapering pillar holds an eternal flame. Each side of the pillar is adorned with a carved robed figure that holds wreaths, with palm leaves carved at each corner.
The main dedication on the upper part of the front of the stele reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS PARISH AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND 1939-1945." At the base of the stele, the inscription "FOR GOD AND COUNTRY" is carved. The names of those commemorated are engraved on the remaining three sides of the stele.
Local climate
Edgbaston War Memorial at St Augustine's Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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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