Meare War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. A Modern War memorial.
Meare War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stark-bastion-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- OS grid reference
- ST 454 416
- Coordinates
- 51.17155, -2.78167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Meare War Memorial is a First World War memorial, built around 1920, which was later modified to include the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
Constructed from stone, the memorial features a small Celtic cross atop a tall column. The column stands on a three-stepped base that supports a tapering plinth. This plinth is adorned with four plaques set in stone surrounds, each decorated with carved ballflower motifs. The plaque commemorating the Second World War is designed as a shield against the stepped base.
Inscribed around the base of the plinth are the words: "IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE BRAVE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945 (NAMES)".
The circular shaft of the column features a fluted capstone, which is decorated with carvings of a wheatsheaf and grapes, along with symbols on each face. The cross itself is positioned on a three-stepped base.
The memorial is located within a small enclosure that is surrounded by metal railings.
Local climate
Meare War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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