Cinderford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 2019. War memorial.
Cinderford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tenth-transept-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cinderford War Memorial, the Triangle, Gloucestershire
- OS grid reference
- SO 656 140
- Coordinates
- 51.8243, -2.49959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cinderford War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by William Leah of Gloucester, featuring a sculpted figure by J Swift of Doncaster. It was unveiled in 1923 and later altered to include additional names after the Second World War.
The memorial stands about 2 meters high and consists of a high, four-sided pedestal made of grey Cornish granite, which has stepped, offset corners in a Moderne style. This pedestal rests on a two-stepped platform made of Portland stone. Atop the pedestal is a bronze figure of a First World War infantry soldier, depicted in a relaxed stance with a rifle and fixed bayonet. The memorial includes bronze plaques with inscriptions that read: "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 - 1918 THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL PUBLIC IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CINDERFORD AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (NAMES) SACRIFICE TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CINDERFORD AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945 (NAMES) REMEMBRANCE TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CINDERFORD AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN OTHER CONFLICTS (NAMES)."
Local climate
Cinderford War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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