Brean War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 2016. Memorial.
Brean War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-gravel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 296 559
- Coordinates
- 51.29826, -3.01021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brean War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920. It is made of stone and has a rectangular shape.
Located between the lychgate and the Church of St Bridget, the memorial features a stone of remembrance. It includes a carved relief figure of a soldier dressed in First World War uniform, holding a flag in one hand and an olive branch in the other.
An inscription on the memorial reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 (NAMES)/ MEN FROM BREAN/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS." The memorial is set upon a rectangular base made of rock-faced stone.
Local climate
Brean War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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