Ansford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 2015. War memorial.
Ansford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-render-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 329
- Coordinates
- 51.09492, -2.51789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ansford War Memorial is a village memorial built around 1920 from limestone ashlar on a rubble stone base. The memorial is designed as an obelisk that rises from a panelled base, featuring a stepped plinth and a square platform. It is located against a grassed bank to the south of Tucker’s Lane.
On the north face of the obelisk, there is a high relief wreath of bay leaves bound with a ribbon. The tapered base has a central, recessed panel that displays an inscription in countersunk lead letters, which reads: ‘THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF ANSFORD / WHO DIED IN THE / SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on similarly shaped panels on the east and west sides of the base. The base is comprised of four steps, with the uppermost step made of ashlar and the lower steps made of rubble stone. The north face also includes the inscription ‘1939 - 1945’ along with the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
Local climate
Ansford War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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