Bruton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 2014. War memorial.
Bruton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- mired-ember-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bruton War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Silver Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 684 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11175, -2.4523
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bruton War Memorial is a First World War memorial, created around 1920 by A J Pictor, with additional inscriptions added later. It was restored in 2012 and is made from carved Doulting stone.
The memorial is located in a prominent and elevated position within the churchyard, to the north-west of St Mary’s Church. It has a hexagonal shape and features two stone steps, along with a base and a plinth, both topped with moulded caps. The column tapers upwards to a foliate capital, and a Latin cross is set into a floriated lancet-style socket, which includes a rosette for each lancet. The cross itself has hexagonal sections.
The plinth displays inscriptions honoring those who fell in both the First and Second World Wars. The First World War inscriptions are carved into recessed panels, with the north face inscribed: ‘1914 – 1918/ HALLOWED IN CHRIST/ BE THE MEMORY OF/ THESE OUR BELOVED/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ FOR THE FREEDOM/ OF THE WORLD.’ The other panels list the names of those who lost their lives during this conflict. Additionally, on the north side of the plinth, beneath the First World War dedication, are two further inscriptions that read: ‘ALSO OF/ THE WORLD WAR OF/ 1939 – 1945’ and ‘ALSO SINCE 1945.’ The names of those who died during the Second World War, as well as a military policeman who lost his life in 2009, are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Bruton War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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