Hoobrook War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 2019. War memorial.

Hoobrook War Memorial

WRENN ID
tangled-rood-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Hoobrook War Memorial, Old Chester Road South, Junction of Worcester Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1XL
OS grid reference
SO 834 747
Coordinates
52.37022, -2.24417
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hoobrook War Memorial is located on a grassy area beside the Old Chester Road. It features an obelisk that has a gently tapering square plinth and a roughly-carved square base. On the south face of the obelisk, there is a relief-carved laurel wreath that contains the raised inscription "1914/1919." Below this, the words "PRO PATRIA" are also inscribed in raised lettering.

The main inscription is found on a slate plaque on the south face of the plinth. It reads: "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES/ AND OF/ (1 NAME)/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS OF/ HOO BROOK."

Additional inscriptions in incised lettering are present on the memorial: the west face lists 18 names, the east face lists 18 names, and the north face lists 2 names.

Local climate

Hoobrook 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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