Alderholt War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 2017. War memorial.
Alderholt War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- broken-mullion-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Alderholt War Memorial Cross, C20m West of St James' Church, Daggons Road, SP6 3DN
- OS grid reference
- SU 104 125
- Coordinates
- 50.91269, -1.85277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alderholt War Memorial Cross is a 3-meter high wheel-head cross situated in front of the churchyard gates, facing Daggons Road. It is placed within a small, square flower bed on a lawn to the west of the Church of St James, which is also listed as Grade II.
This memorial is made of roughly hewn Cornish granite and features a tapered shaft that rises from a tapering plinth, which itself stands on a square concrete base. The front face of the plinth is smoothed and slightly recessed to accommodate the dedication and names, which are inscribed in leaded lettering. The dedication for the First World War is located on the south face of the plinth and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ DIED IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918/ (18 NAMES)." On the east face, there is an additional dedication to the fallen of the Second World War, which states: "1939 – 1945/ (6 NAMES)."
Local climate
Alderholt War Memorial Cross 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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