Taynton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 2019. War memorial.

Taynton War Memorial

WRENN ID
noble-mantel-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Taynton War Memorial, Church of St Lawrence, Taynton Road, Gloucestershire, GL19 3AN
OS grid reference
SO 737 221
Coordinates
51.89736, -2.3835
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Taynton War Memorial is a stone structure erected in 1921, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial features a gabled calvary cross with an octagonal shaft, placed on a rectangular pedestal. This is set upon a two-stepped, square base.

On the north face of the pedestal, there is an inscription that reads:

IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF TAYNTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1918.

The names of 24 parishioners who died in the First World War are inscribed on the west and east faces of the pedestal. The south face of the pedestal includes the inscription:

SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939–1945 / (1 NAME) / DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

Local climate

Taynton War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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