Bishop's Hull War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 2016. War memorial.
Bishop's Hull War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallen-doorway-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bishop's Hull War Memorial, Bishop's Hull Road, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 204 247
- Coordinates
- 51.01693, -3.13501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bishop's Hull War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921, with new plaques added in 1993. The memorial is made from Doulting stone and is positioned against a boundary wall. It features a cross with a sword in relief on the front of the shaft. The shaft is chamfered and has broach stops at its lower part. It is mounted on a square plinth, which also has broach stops, resting on a base with two deep steps; the rear quadrants of the steps are cut off to accommodate the wall.
The front (east) face of the plinth is inscribed with the words: "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BISHOPS HULL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. For God, for King, and Country." The upper step of the base features three late 20th-century bronze plaques. The central plaque reads: "IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF BISHOPS HULL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945. LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN." The left-hand plaque lists the names of those who fell in the First World War, while the right-hand plaque bears the names of those who died in the Second World War.
It is noted that the boundary wall behind the cross is not considered to have special architectural or historic interest and is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Bishop's Hull War Memorial 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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