Stroud War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 2016. War memorial.
Stroud War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-casement-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Stroud War Memorial, Park Gardens, Slad Road, Gloucestershire, GL5 1RP
- OS grid reference
- SO 852 054
- Coordinates
- 51.7479, -2.21474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stroud War Memorial is located within Park Gardens on Slad Road. It stands at the bottom of a gently sloping hill next to the footpath. The memorial is approximately 8 meters tall and constructed from Minchinhampton stone. It features a broad, tapering column that is square in shape, with clasping pilasters on each face, and rests on a square stone base. At the top of the column is a plain stone block.
The front face of the memorial has an inscription that is incised and painted black, which reads: "1914 – 1918/ TO THE FALLEN./ “AT THE GOING DOWN/ OF THE SUN AND IN/ THE MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM.”/ 1939 – 1945/ AND ALL/ SUBSEQUENT/ CAMPAIGNS."
Local climate
Stroud 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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