Spetisbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial.
Spetisbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-wicket-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Spetisbury War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Bournemouth Road (A350), DT11 9DF
- OS grid reference
- ST 909 028
- Coordinates
- 50.82554, -2.12955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spetisbury War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist and is made from Ham Hill stone. The memorial features a Latin cross that rises from an octagonal tapering shaft. This shaft is placed on an octagonal plinth, which sits atop a three-stepped base.
Originally, the inscriptions were carved directly into the stone, but they have since been replaced with incised plaques on two faces, which display the years 1914 – 1918 along with names. The main dedication, still incised into the stone, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE PROUD MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HIS VILLAGE WHO DIED IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY 1914 – 1919." The other faces of the memorial still faintly show the names as they were originally inscribed. Additionally, an inclined stone tablet across the bottom step is inscribed with 1939 – 1945 and names.
Local climate
Spetisbury War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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