Semington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2018. War memorial.
Semington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-zinc-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Semington War Memorial, St George's Churchyard, Church Street, BA14 6JS
- OS grid reference
- ST 899 605
- Coordinates
- 51.3436, -2.14597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Semington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built before 1924, with alterations made after the Second World War and the Korean War. It is made of granite and is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St George, which is also listed at Grade II.
The memorial features a simple Celtic cross adorned with incised Celtic knotwork on the principal (east) face, standing on a three-step base. The top step on the east side is inscribed with the years 1914-1918, while the bottom step bears the inscription "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are carved into the middle step. The top step on the south side is inscribed with 1939-1945, and the names of those lost in that conflict are listed on the middle step's north and south sides. The west side features the inscription "KOREA – 1951" on the top step, with the name of the one individual lost in that conflict inscribed below.
Local climate
Semington War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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