War Memorial on Roadside is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. War memorial.

War Memorial on Roadside

WRENN ID
dusted-lancet-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1986
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial on Roadside, Fosse Way, Stratton on the Fosse
OS grid reference
ST 657 507
Coordinates
51.25495, -2.49174
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial, located on the roadside in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, was built around 1918. It is constructed from dressed stone and designed in a 15th-century style. The memorial features an octagonal base with two steps, a lower section that has an offset square socket with corner shafts, and inscriptions inset on each face. Above this, there is a tapering square shaft with additional corner shafts, topped with an elaborate calvary that includes a figure on each face and a finial. This monument is noted for its high sculptural quality.

Local climate

War Memorial on Roadside receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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