War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-facade-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1988
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Market Square, Minchinhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 872 007
- Coordinates
- 51.7054, -2.1861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Minchinhampton Market Square was designed by Sidney Barnsley in 1919. It is made of limestone and features an octagonal stepped base leading to a high octagonal pedestal. The shaft of the memorial is also octagonal and topped with a Celtic cross, which has delicate floral carvings. The pedestal displays a finely carved inscription in serif capitals that reads: 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR & AS A THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR THEIR COMRADES WHOSE LIVES WERE SPARED. THIS CROSS IN GRATITUDE WAS SET UP BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN AD 1919'. The overall design of the memorial is simple yet elegantly proportioned, characteristic of Barnsley's furniture style.
Local climate
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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