War Memorial in the church forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial in the church forecourt
- WRENN ID
- upper-attic-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in the church forecourt, Church of St John the Baptist, Bath Street, Frome, BA11 1PL
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 479
- Coordinates
- 51.22993, -2.32121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial located in the church forecourt is a First World War memorial that dates from 1920. It is carved from blue Pennant stone and features an octagonal plan in the form of a stone Calvary cross. The memorial includes a sculpted figure of Christ beneath a gabled weatherhood and is topped with a foliated finial. The tall shaft is set into an octagonal plinth, which rests on a semi-circular, two-stepped base made of blue Pennant stone. The faces of the plinth have sunken and foliated panels, each carved with one of the emblems or instruments of the Passion. The three front (south-east) panels are inscribed with the following lettering: "TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919."
Additionally, there is a dwarf wall along the rear curve of the platform, and originally, there were metal railings at the front, which have since been removed.
Local climate
War Memorial in the church forecourt receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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