Kings Somborne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. War memorial.

Kings Somborne War Memorial

WRENN ID
muffled-courtyard-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1986
Type
War memorial
Address
Kings Somborne War Memorial, Romsey Road (A3057), SO20 6PW
OS grid reference
SU 360 310
Coordinates
51.07735, -1.48726
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kings Somborne War Memorial is located at the center of the village where Church Road and Romsey Road intersect. It features a War Cross made of Portland stone, with a lozenge-sectioned cross shaft mounted on a three-stage rectangular plinth. This plinth is set on a lower, coved plinth that flares upwards to create a seat around the base of the memorial. The structure is accessed by three broad, square, shallow steps.

The main plinth bears the inscription "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KINGS SOMBORNE MCM XIV + MCM XIX MCM XXXIX + MCM XLV" followed by the names of those commemorated. On the rear, it reads "THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY." The names of those who fell in the Second World War have been added to the memorial.

Local climate

Kings Somborne 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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