War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- solemn-turret-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Church Street, Bradford Abbas
- OS grid reference
- ST 588 142
- Coordinates
- 50.92654, -2.58705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Bradford Abbas was built in 1917. It features ashlar stone sides topped with a steep stone slate roof that has intersecting arched bracing. The memorial includes a stepped recess and a framed area with pilasters, bases, and carved capitals adorned with wheatsheaves. The tympanum area is decorated with a carved sunset and clouds. There are slate tablets listing the names of the fallen and those who served, along with a capital letter inscription that reads, "Greater love hath no man than this. That a man lay down his life for his friends." The front walls display carved arms of St George.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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