Thornbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 2015. War memorial.

Thornbury War Memorial

WRENN ID
solemn-bronze-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 2015
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
ST 633 906
Coordinates
51.61304, -2.52999
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thornbury War Memorial, erected in 1919, is constructed of sandstone. It features a calvary cross with a canopy. The west face displays a carved figure of Christ, while the east face has a seated figure of the Virgin and Child. The memorial has a tapered octagonal column with decorative stops, which stands on a square plinth and a four-step base. On the west face of the plinth, there is a carved wreath surrounding an inscription that reads: IN/ MEMORIAM/ 1914-1919.

Local climate

Thornbury War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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