War Memorial at the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
War Memorial at the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- empty-storey-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 228 246
- Coordinates
- 51.0158, -3.10092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial at the Church of St Mary is a First World War memorial designed by Frederick Bligh Bond and was erected around 1920. It is made of Doulting stone.
The memorial features an elaborately floriated cross head with a geometric-carved collar, set atop a tapering octagonal shaft. This shaft stands on a plinth that has moulded edges at the top and bottom, with lamb’s tongue scrolled corners. The faces of the plinth include recessed panels with moulded edges, each adorned with symbols of the Passion, such as the Crown of Thorns crossed with a spear and sceptre, a hammer, nails and pliers, and a robe with dice, which represent the soldiers casting lots for Christ’s coat.
The plinth is positioned on an octagonal, three-stepped platform that features moulded treads on the steps. The risers of the platform steps are inscribed with the following text: "TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO MADE/ THE GREAT SACRIFICE/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THEY HEARD THE CALL/ THEY NOBLY PLAYED THEIR PART/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY/ THEY GAVE THEIR ALL." Additionally, the names of those who died are recorded on a tablet inside the church.
Local climate
War Memorial at the Church of St Mary 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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