Nympsfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2015. War memorial.
Nympsfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-alcove-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Nympsfield War Memorial, War Memorial Outside Chapel House, Gloucestershire
- OS grid reference
- SO 800 006
- Coordinates
- 51.70408, -2.29063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nympsfield War Memorial is a timber cross dating from around 1918, featuring an earlier lead figure of the crucified Christ that was brought from the battlefield at Beugny on the Somme. Additional names were added in 1996.
The memorial consists of a metal figure of Christ affixed to a coped timber cross, which is set into a polygonal limestone base. The base has three faces, each with stone panels that feature carved lettering. The central panel is inscribed with a message commemorating the recovery of the crucifix from the battlefield, along with a reminder of God's mercies during the Great War and a blessing for the living and the dead. It also includes a biblical reference. The flanking panels list the names of nine individuals who fell in the First World War and two soldiers who died in the Second World War. Two of these panels have been renewed.
Local climate
Nympsfield War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 67% 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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