Littlebredy War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 2015. War memorial.
Littlebredy War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- knotted-crypt-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Littlebredy War Memorial, Churchyard of St Michael &Amp; All Angels Church, Dorchester, DT2 9HG
- OS grid reference
- SY 587 890
- Coordinates
- 50.69951, -2.58487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Littlebredy War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected around 1920. It is made of Portland stone ashlar and is located in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angel’s Church, near the center of Littlebredy. The memorial faces south and is situated to the north of the Grade II* listed medieval church, east of the Grade II listed Old Parsonage, and south of the Grade II listed School House, all within the Grade II registered early 19th century park of Bridehead.
The memorial features a fluted, foliated cross that rises from the foliage capital of a approximately 3.5-meter high tapering, fluted, octagonal shaft with a moulded base. At the front of the cross, there is a statue of Jesus Christ depicted as the Good Shepherd, carrying a lamb on his shoulders, which is supported by a corbel. The shaft is set upon an octagonal plinth and base, which together stand 0.6 meters high. The front of the plinth bears the inscription: "I WILL SEEK/ OUT MY SHEEP/ AND DELIVER THEM/ OUT OF ALL PLACES/ WHERE THEY/ HAVE BEEN SCATTERED/ TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD IN/ EVERLASTING/ MEMORY AND/ PRAISE OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN/ THE GREAT WAR." The other sides of the plinth are inscribed with seven names, detailing each individual's full name, rank, regiment, parent’s names, date and place of birth, date and place of death, and place of burial.
Local climate
Littlebredy 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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