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
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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Church of St Lawrence
- Cottage, by Haskins
- The Grove
- Barn and Stable, at Hownhall
- Taynton Court
- House and Wall to Front Garden, at Hownhall
- Stables, North East of Taynton House and Wall and Wall and Gates Connecting to House
- Farmhouse, Agricultural Building with Cheeseroom, and Threshing Barn at Moorfields Farm
- Barn at Taynton House
- Taynton House