War memorial outside the Church of All Saints, Four Oaks is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2016. War memorial.
War memorial outside the Church of All Saints, Four Oaks
- WRENN ID
- wild-pilaster-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Sutton Coldfield MP: Sir Andrew Mitchell (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial outside the Church of All Saints, Four Oaks, Belwell Lane, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4TR
- OS grid reference
- SP 109 987
- Coordinates
- 52.58616, -1.84052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial outside the Church of All Saints in Four Oaks is a tall sandstone cross located in front of the church porch, near the roadside. It features a Latin cross atop an octagonal shaft, which is set on a tall plinth and a single-stepped base. The four sides of the plinth are adorned with bronze plaques that display inscriptions and the names of those commemorated. The plaque on the front (south) face includes the main dedicatory inscription, which is decorated with a laurel wreath.
The inscription reads: "IN MEMORIAM/ GLORIOUS THEIR FORTUNE/ SPLENDID THEIR FATE/ THEIR TOMB AN ALTAR/ FOR MOURNING./ THEY HAVE REMEMBRANCE/ FOR LAMENTATION/ PRAISE/ 1914 - 1919/ PRO PATRIA." The names listed include rank and regiment. The memorial is situated in an area paved with black bricks and lighter stone, and it is enclosed at the rear by a curved stone wall that has a gate providing access to the church. The wall also incorporates two shallow benches for placing floral tributes.
Local climate
War memorial outside the Church of All Saints, Four Oaks receives an average of 780 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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