Oldbury Cenotaph is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2017. Cenotaph.
Oldbury Cenotaph
- WRENN ID
- grim-zinc-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2017
- Type
- Cenotaph
- Address
- Oldbury Cenotaph, Town Square, Junction of Halesowen Street and Church Street, West Midlands, B69 2AB
- OS grid reference
- SO 989 895
- Coordinates
- 52.50394, -2.01658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oldbury Cenotaph is a tall memorial made of Cornish granite, located on a paved area in front of the former Town Hall and opposite 2 Halesowen Street. The structure features a pylon that rises from a rectangular five-stepped base and tapers at the top to form an empty tomb. This tomb is designed as a tapered Classical chest, adorned with hemispherical bosses.
On the east face of the cenotaph, there is an inscription in applied bronze letters that reads: "IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ OLDBURY/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ AND/ 1939-1945/ AND IN/ ALL OTHER/ CONFLICTS." A wreath is carved in low relief at the base of the pylon. The west face features a similar inscription in applied bronze letters: "AT THE/ GOING DOWN/ OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE/ MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM," accompanied by a matching wreath carved below. Both the northern and southern faces of the cenotaph display a plain equal-armed cross carved in relief on each side.
Local climate
Oldbury Cenotaph 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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