Swyre War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 2015. War memorial.
Swyre War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-newel-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Swyre War Memorial, B3157, DT2 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SY 527 881
- Coordinates
- 50.69128, -2.67028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swyre War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1921. It is made of Portland stone ashlar and is set on a concrete foundation. The memorial is located opposite a crossroads on the main street and the B3157, on the south side of the village, near Holy Trinity Church and just west of the remains of the old village cross.
The memorial faces north and is enclosed by four ornamented metal posts linked by chains. It features a Latin stone cross at the top, which bears the letters I.H.S, representing Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus, saviour of mankind). The cross rises from a roll-moulding upon a tapering chamfered shaft that is 2.5 meters high. This shaft stands on a square plinth, which is part of a three-tier stepped base, making the total height 1.1 meters.
On the front of the plinth, there is a hexagram or Star of Creation, a trefoil, and an inscription in black lettering that reads: "THE GREAT WAR/ AUG. 4. 1914 – NOV. 11. 1918/ IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SWYRE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY." The top tier of the base is inscribed with the phrase: “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.” Additionally, the east and west sides of the plinth list six names of the Fallen.
Local climate
Swyre War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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