St Swithun's, Bournemouth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

St Swithun's, Bournemouth War Memorial

WRENN ID
steep-doorway-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Bournemouth East MP: Tom Hayes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
St Swithun's, Bournemouth War Memorial, St Swithun's Church, Gervis Road, BH1 3ED
OS grid reference
SZ 099 913
Coordinates
50.72126, -1.86031
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The St Swithun's War Memorial, located within the grounds of St Swithun’s Church in Bournemouth, is made of limestone. It features a hooded Calvary cross atop a tapering square shaft. Above the figure of Christ on the cross arms, the letters "INR" are carved in raised lettering. The shaft rises from an octagonal plinth that sits on a single-stepped base.

The plinth bears an incised dedication that reads "1914/ WE THANK/ THEE/ O GOD/ 1919." One side of the plinth is inscribed with "1939/ (NAMES)/ 1945," while the other faces list the names of those who fell in the First World War.

Local climate

St Swithun's, Bournemouth War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 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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