Litton Cheney War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 2015. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Litton Cheney War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tall-rotunda-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Litton Cheney War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Path, DT2 9AH
- OS grid reference
- SY 551 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71436, -2.63648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Litton Cheney War Memorial is a memorial dedicated to those who served in the First and Second World Wars, erected around 1920, with the names of the fallen from the Second World War added later.
Constructed from rough-hewn granite set in a concrete foundation, the memorial is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, immediately west of the church's porch. It features a Celtic cross with a tapering shaft, approximately 2 meters high, positioned on a trapezoidal plinth and square base that stands 0.8 meters high. A longsword is carved in raised relief on the cross, with the crossguard of the sword aligning with the junction of the cross's shaft and crossarm.
The front of the plinth has a flat recess that bears the inscription: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919" followed by nine names, each accompanied by their service branch or regiment. The base of the memorial is inscribed with "1939-1945" followed by six names and their respective service branch or regiment.
Local climate
Litton Cheney War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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