First World War Memorial and Retaining Wall Immediately South 50 Metres South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. War memorial, retaining wall.
First World War Memorial and Retaining Wall Immediately South 50 Metres South of Church
- WRENN ID
- scattered-brick-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- War memorial, retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- ST 376 032
- Coordinates
- 50.82567, -2.88706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The First World War Memorial and retaining wall, located 50 meters south of the church in Thorncombe, was built around 1920. The memorial features a stone cross shaft and an octagonal base designed in the Perpendicular style. It has a panelled shaft with embattled necking, and a post-Second World War inscription has been added to the base. This memorial is part of a group that includes the Table Tombs, Royal Oak, and Thorncombe Farm. The retaining wall, which serves as the southern boundary of the churchyard, is constructed of rubble with stone coping.
Local climate
First World War Memorial and Retaining Wall Immediately South 50 Metres South of Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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