Brimscombe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 2016. War memorial.
Brimscombe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- turning-tin-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Brimscombe War Memorial, Land at the Junction of London Road and Brimscombe Lane, Gloucestershire, Brimscombe and Thrupp
- OS grid reference
- SO 867 024
- Coordinates
- 51.72052, -2.19274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brimscombe War Memorial is a war memorial cross built in 1922, which was relocated to its current position on a steep bank at Brimscombe Corner around 1972. It is made of local limestone.
The memorial features an octagonal obelisk that stands on a square base with three steps. The tapering shaft is set on a moulded plinth and topped with a sphere. Four sides of the shaft are square, while the other sides are hollow. The square sides create bands that wrap around the sphere, and a horizontal band encircles it, forming a cross on each face of the sphere.
The front face of the plinth bears the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THRUPP - BRIMSCOMBE THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES SERVING THE KING IN THE YEARS OF OUR LORD 1914-1919 ‘I am the resurrection and the life’." The rear face reads: "AND ALSO A THANKOFFERING TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE RETURN HOME OF THEIR COMRADES. Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not." The other faces list the names of the fallen in black lettering. An additional block at the front, set at an angle over the stepped base, is inscribed with "1939-1945 (NAMES)." The bottom step is broad and consists of two ashlar courses.
Local climate
Brimscombe War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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