Birtsmorton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 2019. Memorial.
Birtsmorton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-attic-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Birtsmorton War Memorial, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury with St Peter and St Paul, Worcestershire, WR13 6AR
- OS grid reference
- SO 801 355
- Coordinates
- 52.01777, -2.29073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birtsmorton War Memorial is a First World War memorial made of stone. It features a plain Latin cross mounted on a substantial square plinth, which has a two-stepped square base. The main inscription, carved in incised lettering on the east face of the plinth, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF 2 NAMES OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY."
Local climate
Birtsmorton War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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