War Memorial in St Swithun's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 April 2014. A Early 20th century War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial in St Swithun's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- dim-cellar-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 April 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in St Swithun's Churchyard, St Swithun's Church, St Swithun's Road, Hempsted, GL2 5LH
- OS grid reference
- SO 813 170
- Coordinates
- 51.85135, -2.27154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in St Swithun's Churchyard is an early 20th-century structure featuring a later inscription to honor those who died during the Second World War. It is constructed from dressed stone and takes the form of a minimalist wheel-head cross, which has shaped arms with domed bosses at the center and at each arm, showing the influence of Celtic crosses. The memorial has a tapering rectangular shaft, a chamfered plinth, and a rectangular base.
On the front (south-east) face of the plinth, the inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE FOLLOWING MEN FROM THIS PARISH AND LLANTHONY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18." This is followed by the names of sixteen men who lost their lives, along with the phrase: "THEN GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." The south-west face of the plinth bears the inscription: "IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US / IN THE WORLD WAR. 1939-1945," along with the names of those who died in the Second World War. Below this, it states: "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
Local climate
War Memorial in St Swithun's Churchyard receives an average of 770 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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