High Ham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2015. War memorial.
High Ham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- odd-spire-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- High Ham War Memorial, St Andrew's Church, Turnhill Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 425 310
- Coordinates
- 51.07599, -2.82171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The High Ham War Memorial, built around 1919, is made of Ham stone. It features a cross topped with a canopied crucifix, and at the top of the octagonal shaft, there is a circlet of angels holding shields. The cross stands on an octagonal base, and on the south face, there is a stone plaque with a moulded top that reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE SONS OF HIGH HAM WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918’.
Local climate
High Ham War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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