Semley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2018. Memorial.
Semley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muffled-paling-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Semley War Memorial, St Leonard's Churchyard, Opposite Church Green, Sedgehill and Semley, SP7 9AS
- OS grid reference
- ST 892 268
- Coordinates
- 51.04123, -2.15507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Semley War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Leonard, close to the main entrance and near the Grade II-listed walls and railings with gates on the north and west sides of the churchyard.
The memorial is made of rough-hewn granite and features a tall wheel-head cross with an inverted Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief on the north face of the cross-head and shaft. This cross rises from a tapering square plinth that sits on a square stone base, which has been chamfered on the north face. All inscriptions and names are located on the north face of the memorial and are rendered in leaded lettering.
At the bottom of the cross shaft, within a shield-shaped inset panel, are the words "TO THE GLORY OF GOD." Below this, in an inset panel carved into the plinth, is the inscription "AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918" followed by 16 names.
On the chamfered panel at the north face of the base, there is an additional inscription for the Second World War, "1939 – 1945," along with 5 names.
The memorial is set within a small rectangular gravel area, bordered by stone kerbs that are raised at the corners.
Local climate
Semley War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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