Commemorative flagpole base in the grounds of the former Ilminster Junior Boys' School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 2016. Memorial.
Commemorative flagpole base in the grounds of the former Ilminster Junior Boys' School
- WRENN ID
- low-jade-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Commemorative flagpole base in the grounds of the former Ilminster Junior Boys' School, Somerset Skills &Amp; Learning Centre, the Old School House, 47 Ditton Street, TA19 0BW
- OS grid reference
- ST 360 142
- Coordinates
- 50.9243, -2.91081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The commemorative flagpole base is located in the grounds of the former Ilminster Junior Boys' School. It was erected to honor the boys of the school who died during the First World War, as well as their headmaster, Thomas Bird Edmonds, who passed away in 1920.
This flagpole base is designed in a Classical style and is made from Ilminster stone, a type of reconstituted limestone. It features a large, cube-shaped holder with prominent decorative volutes on either side, all set on a deep plinth resting on a flat stone base. A bronze plaque on the west face of the base reads: 'ERECTED IN MEMORY OF - THE OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL - WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR - ALSO OF - THOMAS BIRD EDMONDS - THEIR BELOVED HEADMASTER - WHO DIED FEB 15th 1920'.
Local climate
Commemorative flagpole base in the grounds of the former Ilminster Junior Boys' School receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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