Wilton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2016. War memorial.
Wilton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- third-vault-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wilton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St George, Fons George, Taunton, TA1 3JT
- OS grid reference
- ST 224 238
- Coordinates
- 51.00922, -3.10692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wilton War Memorial is a war memorial made of Hamstone. It features a two-stepped octagonal base topped with a square plinth. From the plinth rises a plain shaft, which supports a carved Calvary cross at the center of the cross head, with the figure of Christ depicted in relief.
The memorial includes incised inscriptions on the plinth and base that honor those who fell in the First World War. The inscription reads: "THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Wilton War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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