War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- turning-newel-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Church Road, Maiden Newton
- OS grid reference
- SY 596 978
- Coordinates
- 50.77853, -2.57304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Maiden Newton was designed by E S Prior and completed in 1920. It commemorates those who fell in the First World War, with additional names from the Second World War. The memorial is made of Portland stone and features a three-sided plinth topped by a six-sided obelisk. At the junction of the plinth and obelisk, there are carvings of a wreath and the words "VICTORY," "SACRIFICE," and "HOPE" alongside a cross. The obelisk has two bands: the top band is inscribed with the years 1914 to 1919, while the lower band reads, "NOT UNTO US LORD BE THE PRAISE 1920."
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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