Matson War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 2014. War memorial.
Matson War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- long-newel-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 847 154
- Coordinates
- 51.83771, -2.22286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Matson War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated in 1920, designed by architect F S Waller, with carvings in the cross head by A Maud Parsons and executed by sculptor W H Fry.
Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a Pea Grit stone base and is square in plan. Facing south-east, it takes the form of a medieval lantern cross set upon a two-step base made of Pea Grit stone blocks. The base supports a square plinth that holds an octagonal socket stone, which has a deep drip moulding at its upper section. A bronze plaque on the south-east side of the socket stone is inscribed: 'IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO DIED / FOR THE RIGHT IN / THE WAR 1914-1918 / THANKS BE TO / GOD WHICH GIVETH / US THE VICTORY'. Additional plaques on the north-west and south-west sides list the names of the fallen.
The shaft of the memorial is square at the base and features carved leaf decoration, tapering to an octagonal section that culminates in a lantern-head set above an octagonal annulet. Each face of the cross head is divided into four traceried niches containing sculptured figures in relief: the south-east side depicts the Crucified Christ with St John and the Virgin Mary, the north-east face shows the Madonna and Child, while both the north-west and south-west faces feature figures of soldiers.
Local climate
Matson War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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