Baltonsborough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Baltonsborough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- kindled-corbel-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Baltonsborough War Memorial, Glastonbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 542 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11152, -2.65533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baltonsborough War Memorial is a war memorial built in 1922 by W H Snell & Sons, constructed from Portland stone. It features a tapering cross made of roughly-dressed stone, with axe-dressed edges on both the shaft and the cross arms. The memorial stands on a square plinth, which has an inscription on the front (north-east) face that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BALTONSBOROUGH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." Below this inscription are the names of the fallen. The north-west face of the plinth lists the names of those who lost their lives during the Second World War. The plinth is supported by three octagonal steps, and surrounding it are eight flower holders made of Portland stone, which are believed to be part of the original design, although two of them were added in 1949. In front of the memorial, there is a post and chain link fence from the 1960s and a pair of Coronation gates from around 1981, which are not included in the listing.
Local climate
Baltonsborough War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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