Lopen War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2016. War memorial.

Lopen War Memorial

WRENN ID
waning-balcony-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 2016
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
ST 427 144
Coordinates
50.92695, -2.81649
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lopen War Memorial, dating from the 1920s, is constructed of granite and stands on a stone slab base. It features a freestanding cross with a square profile tapering column and a wheel cross on top, resting on a square moulded plinth and base. The front face of the plinth, facing north-east, is inscribed in lead lettering with the dedication: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN OF LOPEN FREDERICK HALL, FRED PIDGEON, ERNEST WILLIAM EDMONDS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." Additionally, the north-west face bears a later inscription from 2016: "ALSO BROTHERS GEORGE AND WILLIAM HENRY GREENHAM."

Local climate

Lopen War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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