Claines War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Claines War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quartered-shingle-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Claines War Memorial, Churchyard of St John Baptist Church, Claines Lane, WR3 7RD
- OS grid reference
- SO 851 588
- Coordinates
- 52.22768, -2.21846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Claines War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone.
The memorial features a modified version of Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice, which includes a tall Latin cross with a bronze carving of a downward pointing sword. This cross is set into an octagonal plinth. On the front (south-east) face of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "TO / THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / MDCCCCXIV / MDCCCCXVIII / ALSO WORLD WAR / 1939-1945." The north-west face has a second inscription that states: "SEE YE TO IT / THAT THESE / SHALL NOT / HAVE DIED / IN VAIN." The other sides of the plinth are inscribed with the names of those who fell. The plinth is supported by a base with a capping stone and stands on three octagonal steps.
Local climate
Claines War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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