War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury

WRENN ID
pale-postern-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury, C30m West of St Edmund's Church Tower, Bedwin Street, SP1 3UT
OS grid reference
SU 146 303
Coordinates
51.07216, -1.79249
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial is located in a grassed area in the western part of the grounds of the former St Edmund's Church, now known as Salisbury Arts Centre. It features a three-stepped square base topped with a square, shouldered plinth and a limestone Latin cross with a hexagonal tapering shaft. The lowest step includes a shallow cornice for placing wreaths and floral tributes.

On the front face of the plinth, there is a raised carved cross, beneath which is the inscription: "THIS CROSS/ STANDS HERE IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS/ PARISH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY AND FOR THE WORLD’S FREEDOM/ IN THE WORLD WAR OF 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE EVER RECORDED/ ON THE NATIONAL ROLL OF HONOUR/ THE VICTORY OF BATTLE LANDETH NOT IN THE/ MULTITUDE OF AN HOST BUT STRENGTH COMETH FROM HEAVEN."

The memorial is enclosed by an area defined by low oak posts that once supported a spiked chain.

Local climate

War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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