First World War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1999. War memorial.
First World War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- final-rubble-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1999
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- First World War Memorial, College Street
- OS grid reference
- SO 850 545
- Coordinates
- 52.18912, -2.22011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The First World War Memorial, built around 1919, is a war memorial located on College Street in Worcester. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and designed in the Gothic Revival style. The memorial features an octagonal base with seven steps leading up to an octagonal plinth. The plinth has cusped tracery panels adorned with shields displaying regimental coats of arms, a band with fleurons, and battlements. At the top, there is an octagonal shaft surmounted by a cross with foliate decoration. The steps are inscribed with the words: 'The county/ to her sons who gave their lives in the Great War/ 1914 1918/ and to her sons and daughters/ who fell in the Great War of/ 1939 1945'. This memorial is an important feature of the streetscape and contributes to the setting of the Cathedral Church of Christ and St Mary.
Local climate
First World 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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