War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 2015. Memorial.

War Memorial Cross

WRENN ID
watchful-ledge-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 2015
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial Cross, St James' Churchyard, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HG
OS grid reference
ST 858 224
Coordinates
51.00085, -2.20353
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial Cross, erected in 1921, is located in the churchyard near the liturgical east (north-east) end of the church, to which it is attached with metal ties. The memorial features a wooden Calvary cross with a bronze figure of Christ hanging from it, a wooden and tiled gabled weatherhood above, and a wooden shaft. It stands on a square socket stone that is placed on a two-stepped square base. The socket stone includes three bronze plaques with inscriptions: the south-east plaque reads "REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO/ (NAMES)"; the front (north-east) plaque states "THEM O LORD AND LET LIGHT/ (NAMES)"; and the north-west plaque says "PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM/ (NAMES)". Additionally, on the north-east side of the upper step, there is another plaque inscribed with "MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD".

Local climate

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 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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