Pilton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 2018. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.

Pilton War Memorial

WRENN ID
fossil-copper-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 2018
Type
Memorial
Address
Pilton War Memorial, Corner of Park Hill (A361) and Shop Lane, Conduit Square, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4AX
OS grid reference
ST 587 409
Coordinates
51.16647, -2.59071
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pilton War Memorial is a monument dedicated to those who served in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected in 1920, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War added after 1945.

The memorial is made of carved granite and features a simple granite obelisk that sits atop a slightly tapering square plinth and cap stone. This plinth is raised on a three-stepped square base, and the entire structure is partially enclosed by a semi-circular stone wall. The enclosure is fronted by iron railings and can be accessed via stone steps.

On two sides of the plinth, the names of the Fallen from the First World War are inscribed. The top steps bear the inscription “LEST WE FORGET” along with the dates 1914 – 1918. A third face of the monument lists the names of the Fallen from the Second World War, above the dates 1939 – 1945.

Local climate

Pilton War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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