Crimean War Memorial Approximately 14 Metres North of the Queens Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

Crimean War Memorial Approximately 14 Metres North of the Queens Hotel

WRENN ID
outer-copper-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
War memorial
Address
Crimean War Memorial Approximately 14 Metres North of the Queens Hotel, GL50 1NN
OS grid reference
SO 945 220
Coordinates
51.89663, -2.07997
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Crimean War Memorial, located approximately 14 meters north of the Queen's Hotel in Cheltenham, dates back to the 1850s. It features a large rectangular iron plinth with panels designated for names. The east panel includes the inscription 'Taken at Sebastopol 1856', which refers to a cannon that once stood on this plinth. The memorial is adorned with corner finials connected by spiked bars, and it has a long overthrow that displays a 'VR' monogram along with laurel leaves twined around an arch and surmounting a lamp. This monument is a very rare and notable tribute to the Crimean War. Historically, the cannon, which was taken at Sebastopol, was given to the government during the Second World War to be melted down for armaments. The Promenade itself was designed as a tree-lined drive extending from the Colonnade on the High Street to the Sherborne Spa, which is now the site of the Queen's Hotel.

Local climate

Crimean War Memorial Approximately 14 Metres North of the Queens Hotel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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