Westcombe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 2017. War memorial.
Westcombe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- endless-portal-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 679 392
- Coordinates
- 51.15176, -2.46029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Westcombe War Memorial is a private memorial originally erected as a village cross in 1913. It was altered in 1916 to serve as a war memorial and underwent further modifications in 1917 and 1918 to commemorate those lost in the First World War.
Constructed from stone, the memorial features an ornate carved cross that stands atop a tall shaft. Below the cross is an octagonal plinth adorned with relief panels, resting on a three-stepped base.
The first inscription is carved into the panels of the plinth, which reads: "TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF HENRY ERNST WESTCOMBE AD 1913." Beneath this inscription are the names of parishioners who were killed in the war. Additionally, around the edge of the plinth capping is another inscription that states: "ALSO OF OUR PARISHIONERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1919." Finally, around the top step of the base is an inscription that commemorates the capture of Jerusalem on December 9th, 1917, by General Sir E Allenby.
Local climate
Westcombe War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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