Cold Ashton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 2015. War memorial.
Cold Ashton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-banister-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cold Ashton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of Holy Trinity, Hydes Lane, SN14 8JU
- OS grid reference
- ST 750 727
- Coordinates
- 51.45293, -2.35976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cold Ashton War Memorial is a churchyard memorial commemorating those who fell in both World Wars, dating from around 1945 and constructed by the Bodmin Granite Company.
It is made of rock-faced Bodmin Granite with inset lead lettering. The memorial has a rectangular shape in both plan and section and faces south. At the top, it features a wheel-head cross with a Celtic design and a tapered shaft. Below the cross is a tapered plinth that stands on a stepped podium. The lower shaft is inscribed with the words ‘FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY’. The plinth includes a projecting ashlar plaque with a smooth surface and a cusped border, which reads ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / TWO GREAT WARS / 1914-1918 – 1939-1945 / (Names)’. Beneath the names, the inscription continues with “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. The rear and sides of the memorial are plain, except for a small plaque on the east side that states ‘BODMIN GRANITE Co. / BODMIN’.
Local climate
Cold Ashton War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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