Wick War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 2019. A 20th century War memorial.
Wick War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- south-quartz-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wick War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Main Street, Pershore, WR10 3NZ
- OS grid reference
- SO 962 453
- Coordinates
- 52.10618, -2.05597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wick War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920, which was altered following the Second World War. It is constructed of stone and is located in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, next to the lychgate and a medieval cross.
The memorial features a Latin cross atop a substantial tapering column with an intricately carved capital, an octagonal plinth, and a three-stepped octagonal base. On the front of the cross, there is a relief-carved Sword of Sacrifice.
The main inscription on the plinth reads on the west face: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE HONOUR AND LIBERTY OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 R.I.P."
On the north-west face, there are six names followed by "1939-1945" and one name. The south-west face also has six names followed by "1939-1945" and one name.
On the upper step of the base, on the north-west, north, and south-west faces, the inscription reads: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
Local climate
Wick 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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