Churchill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. Memorial.
Churchill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- odd-rotunda-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Churchill War Memorial, Southwest of Churchill Lane, Iverley Lane, Rocky Lane and Stakenbridge Lane Crossroads, Churchill and Blakedown, DY10 3LU
- OS grid reference
- SO 883 797
- Coordinates
- 52.41537, -2.1734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchill War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of red Hollington sandstone and is located at the southwest corner of the crossroads of the Blakedown to Broome and Cookley to Hagley roads, northeast of the village of Churchill.
The memorial features an octagonal tapering shaft that rises above a square base, topped with a Latin cross that has a carved ‘IHS’ central shield. The cross is set on a square plinth with chamfered lower corners, which rests on a platform with a moulded base.
On the principal face (east) of the plinth, there is an inscription in memory of those from the parish who lost their lives in the First World War: "THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ R.I.P.," followed by seven names. The north face bears the inscription "ROLL OF HONOUR," listing 38 other parishioners (including two women) who served and returned, with names also inscribed on the north, west, and south faces. The names of two men who lost their lives in the Second World War were added later, inscribed under "THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945" on the platform.
Local climate
Churchill War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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