Berkley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2017. War memorial.
Berkley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-marble-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Berkley War Memorial, 50m West of St Mary's Church, BA11 5JH
- OS grid reference
- ST 810 494
- Coordinates
- 51.24366, -2.27281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Berkley War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is prominently located beside the west gate into the churchyard. The memorial is made from granite and features a Celtic cross on a slightly tapering shaft, which has the Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief on its west face. This shaft is set into a rough-hewn, square plinth that stands on a stone base. The west face of the plinth has a raised inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF BERKLEY." The inscription on the south face commemorates the Second World War with the years "1939-1945 / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Berkley War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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