The Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
The Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- narrow-iron-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The Memorial Cross, Higher Street, Iwerne Minster
- OS grid reference
- ST 865 145
- Coordinates
- 50.93003, -2.19273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial Cross is a war memorial located in Iwerne Minster, built in 1920 by architect Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed from Doulting stone with Hopton stone dressings, it loosely resembles a medieval market cross typical of Dorset, such as the one found at Stalbridge. The monument features two steps leading up to its base, which also consists of two steps. The plinth has polygonal corner shafts with panelled faces and displays an inscription. The shaft is triangular in shape, with the lower section featuring shallow niches flanked by crocketted pinnacles. Within the western niche, there is a carved figure of a soldier supported by a carved corbel. The head of the cross is adorned with crocketted finials and includes niches containing carved figures representing the Crucifixion, St George, and Joan of Arc.
Local climate
The Memorial Cross receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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