Minehead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 2015. War memorial.
Minehead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-cupola-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Minehead War Memorial, Martlet Road
- OS grid reference
- SS 969 467
- Coordinates
- 51.21085, -3.4771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Minehead War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1921. It is made of carved granite and is prominently located at the top of St Michael’s Hill. The memorial features a Celtic-style wheel cross atop a tall shaft, which stands on a rectangular plinth that rests on a square three-stepped base. The front (east) face of the plinth has an inscription in black painted lettering that reads: IN/ EVERLASTING/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ MINEHEAD/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The names of those who fell are recorded on the north, west, and east faces of the memorial. After the Second World War, a stone bench was added to the south side of the base, with its back inscribed with the names of the Fallen.
Local climate
Minehead War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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