War memorial cross at the Church of St Margaret, Great Barr is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2016. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War memorial cross at the Church of St Margaret, Great Barr
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-merlon-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills MP: Wendy Morton (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War memorial cross at the Church of St Margaret, Great Barr, The Chuchyard, St Margaret's Church, Chapel Lane, B43 7BA
- OS grid reference
- SP 048 958
- Coordinates
- 52.5605, -1.92946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial cross stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret, Great Barr, near the church tower. Constructed from sandstone, it dates to the aftermath of the First World War. The memorial consists of a lantern cross, with a carving of Christ crucified on the north-west face. The other faces of the lantern feature blind arcades. The square cross shaft has chamfered edges and stands upon a square pedestal and a three-stepped base, all square in plan.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front of the pedestal reads "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918." Below this, carved into the middle step of the base, is the inscription, "THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY." The names of those commemorated are carved on the left- and right-hand faces of the pedestal.
Local climate
War memorial cross at the Church of St Margaret, Great Barr receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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