Broadway War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

Broadway War Memorial

WRENN ID
endless-mullion-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
ST 320 154
Coordinates
50.93413, -2.96862
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Broadway War Memorial is a First World War memorial created by stonemason A Ruscombe Emery, dating from around 1921. It was altered after the Second World War to honor those lost in that conflict.

The memorial is constructed from local stone and stands approximately 3.5 meters high. It features a cross with chamfered arms and flared ends, set on a tapering shaft. This shaft is mounted on a square plinth, which is inscribed with the words "IN MEMORY OF / THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / AND OF THE MEN / FROM THIS PARISH / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE," along with the names of the Fallen, which are inscribed beneath Maltese crosses on the side faces. The plinth is positioned on a four-stepped platform, with the uppermost step inscribed "2ND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945," along with the name of the serviceman who fell in that conflict. The inscriptions are highlighted in black paint.

The memorial is located in a reserved semicircular gravelled area, with the roadside boundary wall curving around it. At the front, four stone posts topped with domed finials serve as the supports for a chain-link fence.

Local climate

Broadway War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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