Hanbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2019. War memorial.
Hanbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-pier-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hanbury War Memorial, Hanbury Memorial Gardens, Droitwich Road, Worcestershire, B60 4DB
- OS grid reference
- SO 965 630
- Coordinates
- 52.26575, -2.05174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hanbury War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by the Bromsgrove Guild, with an addition for the Second World War. It is located within a small memorial garden and is carved from sandstone. The memorial features a Latin cross with a relief carving of the sword of sacrifice. It stands on a small square plinth and a four-stepped base. The inscriptions in incised lettering on the plinth are as follows: on the south-east face, "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"; on the north-west face, "THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919" followed by 12 names; and on the south-west face, "THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919" followed by 4 names, "THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945" followed by 4 names.
Local climate
Hanbury War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
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