War Memorial in Churchyard of Parish Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. War memorial.

War Memorial in Churchyard of Parish Church of St James

WRENN ID
narrow-bronze-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1994
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in Churchyard of Parish Church of St James, St James's Street, Yarmouth
OS grid reference
SZ 354 896
Coordinates
50.70557, -1.49924
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St James, was constructed around 1920 to honor those who fell in the First World War. It features a stone moulded octagonal shaft topped with a crucifix under a gabled weather hood. The memorial stands on a square inscribed plinth, which is elevated on two octagonal stone steps.

Local climate

War Memorial in Churchyard of Parish Church of St James receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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