Headless Cross War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Redditch local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 2015. War memorial.
Headless Cross War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- spare-rafter-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redditch
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 038 662
- Coordinates
- 52.29403, -1.94566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Headless Cross War Memorial is a 6-meter tall monument made of Portland stone, located to the south of St Luke’s Church, which is also listed as Grade II. The monument features a cross that rises from a tapered shaft. The cross has a small shield with the inscription "HIS" carved on it. The shaft includes a moulded base and capital, and it is set on an octagonal pedestal that is elevated by a three-stepped concrete base.
On the front face of the pedestal, there is an inscription that reads:
TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED
The names of 99 individuals who are commemorated by the memorial are carved on the other seven sides of the pedestal. Additionally, the front face of the top step includes the inscription "ALSO IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945."
Local climate
Headless Cross War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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