West Downs School War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 2019. War memorial.
West Downs School War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-wicket-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Downs School War Memorial, Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Newgrounds Lane, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BS
- OS grid reference
- SO 717 045
- Coordinates
- 51.73914, -2.4111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Downs School War Memorial is a First World War memorial featuring a sculpture by Lady Kathleen Scott, built after 1919 and altered after the Second World War. It is located within the grounds of Slimbridge Wetlands Centre.
The memorial consists of a bronze statue of a nude boy with his right arm outstretched, positioned on a tall, square pedestal made of Portland stone that has a moulded top. The front face of the pedestal displays the inscription "HERE AM I / SEND ME / 1914 – 1918," along with the names of 38 former pupils of West Downs School who died in the First World War. The other faces of the pedestal list the 81 names of those who fell in the Second World War, under the inscription "1939 – 1945."
Local climate
West Downs School War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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