Pen Selwood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2015. War memorial.
Pen Selwood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- other-turret-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 756 313
- Coordinates
- 51.08125, -2.34945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pen Selwood War Memorial is a war memorial, likely built in the 1920s. It is made of dressed granite and features a freestanding cross with a square shaft that sits on a four-stepped stone base. The south faces of the base are inscribed in black lettering with the words: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE PENSELWOOD MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918" followed by five names. Additionally, there is a stone set in the ground to the south, inscribed with "1939-1945" and two names, as well as a name of an individual who died as a result of injuries received in the Great War. The memorial is located close to the churchyard wall, which has been reduced by two courses of stone. The ground leading up to the memorial has been lowered and is lined with partly-buried, double-course stone walls. There are also two low stone piers above the churchyard wall.
Local climate
Pen Selwood War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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